Agricultural Statistics of Taranaki.
-'■ We (Taranaki Herald) areundebted to Mr. J.-'H. M-' Goody the "superintendent collector of agricultural statistics, for tbe returns compiled by him of land under cultivation in the Taranaki and Clifton Counties, taken during last month, to which we have added the result of last
roar • — .. 1886. .„ 1887. Incrs. Dcrs. Acres. Acres.- Acrs. Acrs. To. of holdings ... 1,131 1,191 61 ... Sxtent land broken 909, . 461 , .... 518 iJxtenoflandin— Wheat 369 416 47 Oats '.." 7.. 1,638~ *1,393"~" T.. 245 Barley 165 58 ... 107 Grass (ploughed) 19,820 31,641 11,891 ... Grass (not plgd.) 72,345, 60,036 ~. ./. 12,309 Potatoes;... ... -• 331' * 437^-106- ... Maize 56 121 65 Bye ... r ... 6 1 ... 5 Peas or beans ..; 8 ... 7 1 Turnips 590 302 ... 298 Mangold 130 166 36 Other crops, ..: 18.^ :30 ' 12 Gardens 301 231 ... 70 Orchards 173 220 47 "ohai ztaier crop... SsS.SM- lt&,&?3 P,»± •lantation of forest trees 203 ' 54 - ... 149
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1573, 12 March 1887, Page 2
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147Agricultural Statistics of Taranaki. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1573, 12 March 1887, Page 2
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