POOR WHEAT YIELD
THE NEW SOUTH WALES CROP. Press Association-By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, February 1. (Received February 1, at 10. JO a.m.,) The Governinont Statistician estimates that the wheat yield for the current season is ‘27,111,000 bushels, which is the lowest since the 1919-20 season. It is little more than half i.-o total yield of last season. The average yield per aero was 9.1 bushels or 27" per cent, less than the average of the preceding ten years. The total area sown in wheat was 3,984,000 acres, of which 2,468,000 were harvested for grain and 335,000 cut for hay. 461,000 acres failed entirely. After providing for local needs, the available surplus is nearly 14,250,000 bushels.
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Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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114POOR WHEAT YIELD Evening Star, Issue 19779, 1 February 1928, Page 5
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