AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7222, 23 April 1884, Page 4 (Supplement)

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

f or «. monaotive Counties in Canterbury from 1882 to 1884 inclusive. On examination it will be seen that there has been a steady „ in«r wo ffivo a comnarati restatement of the Government Agricultural Sto cultivation of wheat has fallen off in the Ashburton and Geraldine districts, while there was also a general decrease last season advance fntbe nu£° Sis"! grass, however, shows a great advance, the natural inference being that farmers encouraged by the success of the in the number of acres in oats, Waimato bomg pw . g corUhll ft Btep in tho right direction, frozen moat trade, are paying more attention w f '

Note.— ln those cases under the head “ Holdings ’’ where no munfrers ore given, it is became they were not published at the time.

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