LARGE AREA TO BE SOWN IN WHEAT
(IT TEIIGRAPB.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
CHRISTCHURCH, 22rid April. The Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald stated last night that .he had no definite information yet as to the total acreage that was to be sown in wheat, but judging from the applications Received for seed wheat, the indications were very: promising that,the acreage required, about 250,000 acres, would be sown. He hoped to have a census taken at the end ofl June to ascertain the extent of the autumn sowing, and/" in; the event of the acreage not beinjL sufficient, to make a strong appeal for spring sowing. In some districts the farmers, had promised to increase their areas under wheat by .20 per cent. He thought that the farmers realised the position, and intended to assist the - Government by putting in as 'much wheat as possible.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 2
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