N.S. WALES HARVEST.
A. «-nd N.Z. SYDNEY, May 11. The final figures in connection with the recent New South Wales wheat harvest. show that grain totalled 42.650,000 bushels and hay 580.000 tons. The former was valued at, between £12,000,000 and £13,000.000 and the latter at £2,000,000.
The wheat yield was 2,635,000 bushels below the January estimate. The area harvested was ,'5,203,000 acres, including 66,000 which failed entirely. Tho yield from 5500 acres was destroyed by fire. Tlie average yield was 13.2 bushels per acre.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18088, 12 May 1922, Page 5
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84N.S. WALES HARVEST. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18088, 12 May 1922, Page 5
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