GRAIN CROPS.
[BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday. To -night's Gazette contains the figures prepared by the Department of Agriculture, showing the area of wheat and other grain crops for threshing for 1902-3, and estimated yields per acre.
The area of wheat is 194,355 acres, estimated to yield 28 bushels per acre, making a total estimated yield of 5,441,940 bushels. Oats, 483,659 acres; estimated to yield 35 bushels an acre: total estimated yield of 16,928,065 bushels. Barley, 27,921 acres, estimated to yield 37 bushels an acre, making a total estimated yield of 1,033,077 bushels.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12194, 13 February 1903, Page 5
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