FLOUR, WHEAT AND OATS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12021, 26 December 1924, Page 11

FLOUR, WHEAT AND OATS

decrease IN" dominion stocks. The summarised' results of the oolleetiou of returns of stook of flour, wheat, and oats as at 'November 29th, 1934, are given bolow, <. together with information for the corresponding date in 1923. Considerable’ decreases are disclosed for both wheat and oats: — - ' „ f Nov. 30, - Nov.£9. 1923. 1924.

THE SEASON’S LAMBING DOMINION ESTIMATES. Following are complete estimates of the current season’s lambnig, c'ompnted .from estimated overage precenteges furnished bv inspectors of stock in "the varions districts. Corresponding figures for the four previous years, together with the actual number of lambs -tailed, are also given for comparison: — 1 North Island. 1920 Number of breeding ewes-5,83§;7:j4, estimated average percentage of lambing 87.95, estimated Number of lambs 5,135,524. actual number of lambs tailed 5.074.751. 1921 312,456,89.65,5,659,355, 5,457,643, 1922 — 6,771,482, 90.36, 6,118,530, 5,955,081. 1923 91.34, 6,549,143, 6,170,673. : 1924-7,148,949, .85.00,, 6,049,654. -South Island. 1820—5,729,845, 80.20, 4,595,426. 4; 559..97. f 1921—5,835.332, 83.28, 4,859,425, 4,810,253. 1922 82.53, 4,724,475, 4, 949,410. 1923 53.99, 4,948,813, 4,969,663. 1924 87.87 , 5,208,378. . , Dominion. 1920 84.11, 9.780,950, 9,614,5)8. 1921 86.59, 10,518,780, 10,267,910 - 1922 86.77, 10,848,005, 10,895, ■ 52 1923-13,063,003, 38.02, 11,498,456, UR33,836. 1924—13,076.094. 86.14, 11,258,030. .

• Flour, tons 8,779 8,235 Wheat, Milling— Tuscan or Longberry, 341,136 Hunters (varieties) bushels - 358,65ft 89,438 Velvet or Pearl, 46,319 bushels 188,573 Other (including Australian and unspeci597,414 fied), bushels 13,318 1,074,807 bushels : i&BjW Other than milling 112,S32 bushels ......... 368^949 In stack (estimated), __ 1,419 Oats (grain) —bushels... 1,301,957 425,922 In stack for threshing ... bushels 40,448 4,495 In stack lor chaffing, 11,636