FORECAST OF CEREAL CROPS.
■A corrected departmental return of crop areas' has been gazetted;-' j A paragraph: states that',32,764.-bushels ofirheat' on hand in'; i OtagOiWere' opiitted ,frorii the; earlier returns and°errpneously fitckoiiifid,, with the niaize. Fromi'the .'corrfcted lieturns we'tako the following:—' y' 4. ■■■'.' '■•; ' 111-/ • Do- ' , \■: Acres, crease, crease. Wheat-for threshing... » 193,031 — • 18,10 l Wheat for.'Chaff,-etp..'..; 85S — .47 Oats for threshingi,..: 386,890.13,0Gi: Oats for chaff, etc,., 29-1,633 34,288 .— . Barley, for. threshing..; . ••56;i77 :. 2,872 ' — Barley for chaff, etfc....' 5,058 .1,675' . J Grasses,<,etc.; .... ... 35,630,653 50,075 ' — Orchards, plantations, ' '....-.• etc . 111,771 11,132 - ' ' 1 In- Do ; . '1-' Number. crease, crease. Hordes .. 353,257 10,108 - Cattle . n '. 1,816,299 - 30,451 S\wno " 2+1,128 - 1,115 Sheep';' (April.3o, .20,983,772 875,301 ? : —, rThe . striking;; features "of ..these figures are' the decrease of wheat/the increase of oats, and • of.Vorchard's,etc., ..and . the- decrease •: of cattlo. ' • .v-".'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 3
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130FORECAST OF CEREAL CROPS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 3
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