YIELDS OF CROPS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 143, 19 June 1913, Page 6

YIELDS OF CROPS.

(Edited by "Lucerne.")

SEASON 1912r13

A table prepared by tho RegistrarCtenenal shows -that the average yield of field crops in the Dominion for the 1912-13 season was as follows: — Bushels per acre: Wheat, ,27.28; oats, 35.12; bailey, 36.75; maize, 47.43; peas, 25.83; lb per acre; rye-grass, 462.93; cocfefoot, 238.37; red clover, 155.43; tons per acre: potatoes, 6.29; turnips, 12.25; mangolds, 23,69r ■ Tho yield in bushels per t acre in separate districts rasas follows:—

Auckland Hawke's Bay ... "Wellington Nelson and Marlfaorough Canterbury :.. Clfcago Southland Wheat Oats Barley 28.36 35.94 51.99 36.43 41.02 • 64.47 28.36 46.26 49.92 32.49 37.01 34.77 27.70 33.45 33.35. 26.56 31.74 36.43 28.46 38.17 34.98 28.60 35.75 22.76