Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

The following are the agricultural statistics for the connties of The Sounds and Marlborough collected for the year ended March 31st last. We are indebted for them to the courtesy of Mr John White :

This Sounds District.— Holdings 53, extent of land broken np, but not undercrop, 31 ; m wheat— s acres, produce 115 bushels ; m oats for green food or hay— 7 acres ; m barley — 7 acres, produce 188 bushels j m hay— 7 acres; produce, 10 tons ; m grasses, after having been broken up, including fuoh as are m hay, 1874 acres ; grass-sown lands not previously ploughed, including saoh as are m hay, 370J acres; m potatoes— 2l acres, produce, 8 tons ; m garden or orchard 34} acres. Total number of acres under crop, 8,61...

County op Mahlboeouoh.— 34s holdings, -3708J acres brokeD up but not wider crop. Id wheat— 2,779 acres, producing 55,764 busrels ; m oats — for green food or hay, 1,186;| acres, forgraiD, 1,824 acres; estimated gross produce, 50,307 bushels; ia barley— 3,951^ acres, produce, 107,828 bushels; io hay— Bll J acres, produce, 1,081 £ tons. In grasses after ha;ing been broken up, including such as are m hay, 15, 199 i; grass-sown lands not previously ploughed, including such as are m nay, 30,467$ acres; m poatoes--295 acres, produce, 1.952J tons ; m rye or bare, 2p| acres; m peas or beans, 170 acres ; m turnips or rape, 212| aores ; m mangolds, beet, carrots, parsnips, or onions, 21| acres ; m garden or orchard, 210f acres. Total number of acres under crop, including sown grasses, 56,344J, In plantations or forest trees, 412| acres. Quantity of last years crop still on hand, 5 275 bushels of wheat, 10,808 bushels of oats, and 12,270 bushels of barley.

Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX18810610.2.15

Bibliographic details

Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 134, 10 June 1881, Page 2

Word Count
288

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 134, 10 June 1881, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 134, 10 June 1881, Page 2

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert