CROP PROSPECTS.
• ';. :\ /A •. Departmental, report. is * issued, showing the acreages under grain. arid,green' crorisin New Zealand. -The information Iras'gathered between October 14-and November 9. The £dlbwiug'.'are sbmb'bf the chief items of Information given:— ','.'.■'"".,.." ;I; •": '■). WHEAT 'ANDOATS!' ; '.. ;.'■• ■ ~- -•-' — - - .-- - .- > -'-■ •■- ; ■ Acres.' TOeat, for ..'threshing'''., ' \'..\ ' "...' 192,684 :;'' .Decrease •.... • ..'.'""... ■' '...' '. 18,074 .\rae^.'t:;fori,'chaffing, "ensilage,; and'- . ;; ■'. _ .: feeding down' - ... ":.'.-.' ... I '837 ■':V;.ik"lncreasb .'.-.';.'. ■'...".'. "... .:. \ : : 24 .Oatsvfar-threshing.-.,-..:; ~..• ,-..,: 386,626 ' ,:~lncreaso<n..; ':"■...:/..•>.:•.«;» .-.;. -14,652 OatsJfot'.chafFm'g, ,etc. : . ;... r ... '291,016 .- ' 'Increasb. ' ... .'..... •...'... '; '31,547 'V-; )% -COMPARATiVE TABLE.■ ■"'' ir'aNGEEASES.-; \ - • DECREASES. . „ : - :■.:.:-,'■'■ ■- 'Acres. • •• ..Acres. Oats'.' ... .'... !16,199'• • ...; 18,050 Barley" • ' ..'.'.' 4,041" Peas!- ■ ... "2,91)6 Rye; V.. : . '...' -1)678.''; Bean's ' - ...- 's '• 841 'Maize'...•---'-' -...■■ 642. Lhis-eed .....'; 612 .Vetches) RL'Tv > 97<: r "-Hbps" .'. '■:'.:. 7 •'l5O O.thor- corn :',: -■•• Potatoes ■.... ■ 4,436 ■■ .crops V'.'.'...'.". .-309;.-:. : ". Total. 1Turriips "■...'. 29j,72i ," Decreasesv, '26,990 Mangolds '.- ... " 2,968'.'. '' : ■ -'■'■ f " : ', - Rapo" >'-•; '-..: 28,868 •'' ■ .-'■" ,'■ '■ ■Beet:.... •:,;,.'- • 290 ~ -, ; .-. -.■■ ;- ; , , - ' Carrots ■•.,....-"• 78 -,«'. ■■: --a., ~-:>■ ■ Other . green -.-' ."'....,' .".- -" ofopa' ;..' 4*634'.' "." '.'. Total increase 119,525 ' ■ ■ ' ■; The net, increase of ■:acreage in jcrops may be inarj thap outweighed,by. the unfavourable nature; of .the weather up ta "thb ' present ■date,'!aa'dian-increased acreage may,still;be ttlib'wed by a decreased
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 5
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151CROP PROSPECTS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 5
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