AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
DECREASE OF WHEAT ACREAGE.
(Press Association. —Copyright). ' LONDON, March 5. • The agricultural statistics- for 1912 have been issued'. They show that the expansion of the world's wheat acreage iu. 1910-11 -received a severe check.in 1912. In the British Empire it:-de-clined by 2,287,000 acres, and'in Europe b-v 2.024.000 acres, chiefly , : in\ Russia, while the United States lost 3,729 : .000 acres. •'■;....■/'• ■.. '•' ' ■''.}' •.
In the live stock returns' Australasia's reduction of . 9,348 JOOO animals; is- the largest rioted. The decline 'in European stocks was very marked'.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 6 March 1914, Page 5
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