The area under potatoes harvested this year was, 36,331 acres, yielding a return of 131,603 tons, or a yield of 3.11 tons per acre, against 31,778 acres in 1904. and 303,787 tons (or 6.57 tons per acre), a decrease of 5447 acres and 74,179 tons. A comparison of gross yield of potatoes with amount exported in each of the twelve years (1883-94) showed that for such period an average of 5971 b per head of population was retained in the colony. Allowing for waste, pig-feed and seed, the average amount retained for human consumption was found to he 4491 b per head.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5731, 28 October 1905, Page 16
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