AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
Tho agricultural statistics for Vincent, Mauiototo, and Lake Counties are as follows : Vincent County.-Number of holdings: Freehold, 132; rented, 119; part freehold and part rented, 41. Land under crop (acres): In wheat, 2,351^; oats for feed, 2,5104 i oats for grain, 4,1)30; birloy, 231; grasses after having been broken up, 405; grass-sown lands nut previously ploughed, U. 420; potatoes, 2C4 ; turnips or rape, 2.1)44. Estimated produce (bushele): Wheat, 09,295; oats, 154,602; barley, 5,017 ; hay (tont), 835; potatoes, 975. Quantity of last year's crop on hand (bushels): Wheat, 304; oats, 1,740. Maniototo County.—Number of huldngs: Freehold, 127 ; routed, 06 ; part freehold and part rented, 28. Land under crop (acres): Wheat, 1.05 li ; oats fur feed, oats for grain, 4,490; "barley, 98} ; liar, 121; grasses after having been broken up, 14.732;}-; grasssown laudß nut previously ploughed, 030; potatoes, 207 ; turnips or rape, 7,504. Kstlmated produce (bushels) : Wheat, 41,203 ; oats, 140,171; barley. 2,508; hay (tons), 172; potatoes, fi7o. Quantity of liu>t year'a crop on hand (bushols): Wheat. 4,000; oats, 7,205. Lake Countt.— Number of holdlng.-t: Freehold, 133; routed, 88; part freehold and part rented, 87. Land under crop (acres): Whot, 1,929 ; oata for feed, 1,71)5 j; oats for grain, 3,101 J; barley, GS9£;hay. 174; grasses after having been broken up, 0,540; lands not previously ploughed, 2,080; potatoes, 190; turnips or rape, 1,543. Estimated produce (bushels): Wheat, 75,082; oats, 127,900; barley, 24,055; hay (tons), 207; potatoes, 897. Quantity of hut year's crop on hand (bushels): Wheat, 2,512; oats, 0,825. The number of cows in each county ia given as follows :—Vincent, 1,157 ; Maniototo, 843; Lake, 74G.
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Evening Star, Issue 7876, 8 April 1889, Page 3
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264AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Evening Star, Issue 7876, 8 April 1889, Page 3
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