AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
RETURNS FOB CANTERBURY. FPee Press Association.] WELLINGTOiS] April 4. The agricultural statistics for Canterbury show an increase of 313 in the number of holdings in 1894. The total area under all . kinds of crop has decreased by 73,182 acres, but a large increase is shown in grass lands, viz., seres after ploughing, and ,44,905 acres surface-sown. The average yield per acre of wheat has fallen from 20’95 bushels in 1893 to 19’56 bushels in 1894, Oats show a rise in the average from 26'30 bushels to 29‘55 bushels, but barley falls from 25’96 bushels to 24-11 bushels per acre. The details of the agricultural statistics for the Canterbury provincial district for 1894, compared with 1893, are as follow:—■
1894. 1893. No, o£ holdings 8,558 8.245 Band broken up but not 50,708 under crop (acres) 38,825 Wheat (acres) 174,252 270,780 Wheat produce (bushels)... 3,407,843 5,672,238 Oats for green food and 43,179 hay (acres). ... 32,744 Oats for grain (acres) 141,111 112,894 2,968,807 Oats, produce (bushels) ... 4,169,100 Barley (acres) 11,365 9,569 Barley, produce (bushels) 273,965 248,422 Potatoes (acres) 6,306 4,996 Potatoes, produce (tons)... 42,412 31,584 Turnips or rape (acres) ... 124,982 127,574 Other crops (acres) 15,436 11,385 Total acres under crop. exclusive of land under 579,378 17,097 grasses (acres) ... ... Hay, acres 606,195 17,085 Hay, produce, tons 24,675 24,983 land in grass,- after having been broken up (including such as are'in 1,242,663 hay), acres 1,377,926 Grass, sown lands, not previously ploughed (including such as are in 333,013 hay), acres 377,918 Grass seed, cocksfoot 243,992 (bushels) 132,266 Grass seed, ryegrass 145,751 (bushels) 137,726 land in garden (acres) ... 2,690 2,415 land in orchard (acres) ... 2,939 2,931 The above figures are subject to revision.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10314, 5 April 1894, Page 6
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278AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10314, 5 April 1894, Page 6
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