THE Manawatu Times.
SATURDAY MAY 28, 1881. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
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"With "his usual courtesy Mr. Deighton",. the census-enumei'ator, has kindly/forwarded us a Jeopy of the agricultural statistics for the Manawatu. District, and we are now enbriefly, the following totals : — Total -populat-ion,-B,BIXX;_ number of dwellings, 1,985 ; iotal number of hold--irigsj- 565 ;' extent* of 3and broken _up, but. not under crops, 1,590. In wheat, acres sbwn-*with /grain : bnly, 3,434 j;- estimated gross pi*oduce m bushels, 65,395. Iv oats ; for green food or 'hay, 345 ; for grain, 1,078; -estimated gross produce of grain, 31,458. . In -barley ;. acres . sown for grain only, iSO; estimated" ' gross prbdiic§, 'B,624. In hay ; 974 acres ; estimated grbss'pFodiic'e, 17310 tons!. : In grass after having ibeen broken Lup, including hay, , .8,(88. G-rass-sown land not prey-ioiisly ploughed, 63,427. In p.otat&ls,- r 273 acres; /estimated gross produce m tons, 1,487. Turnips or. r^jje, 515 acres. : Ih mangold, beet^carfots^; parsnips, or- onionsj-there are.- 15 acres ; and m garden or orchard, 244. The f or'e'goi ngv shoVr s a ; total^ acreage under crop} > and sown grasses of 77i942;a6res^ ; ;> : -"There|are 31 acres m plantations of forest trees. Thifr year's J statistics will be found interesting. From it it jean jeasiiyjbe ;seen/that the district is making vapid progress m the point of .agriculture, and clearly indicates "fliat"tlie ifftei-ests^bf^the'^p'opulation "are ruirniiTg*iTi"a~p'rogreßsive-direc-tion)- in' : roo^fcnopslth^ H^tujrn? are not -large, , HuOhen it must«bere"mVmbe'rcd^tnYit m 'irhe^-Manawatu District the"re~ is? no necessityj for stall-feeding cattlßvasjin^Qmejiof the southern .-districts^. .a.s. f the climate does not demand" it. Everythingconsidered, w.e.feer'sutVtfre returns will be higlily^ati'f^factory, whqn we remember t'h'at^Dut a few years since : tH ! e' \vh ; ote country was m its natural .state. We may refer to the sjatis^ l tfcs l -more v i'i{li^'in aJ.'futurextssuL
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Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 144, 28 May 1881, Page 2
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303THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY MAY 28, 1881. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 144, 28 May 1881, Page 2
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