AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
We have been favored by Inspector Thompson, the Superintendent Collector, with a eopy of the agricultural statistics for the County of Waikouaiti lying north of the • Waitati Stream. We" give the principal figures below, and it will be observed that while the acreage under crop with wheat in the Waitaki County shows a falling off of something like 5500 acres, the total estimated yield shows an increase of a little over 46,000 bushels. In oats about 1000 additional acres have been planted, with an increased -yield of over 300,000 bushels, w : The barley grown shows an inoreaa&d acreage of 2732 acres, with wcreased . yield of oyer 110,000 bushels. The figures given below will, however, speak for theniselves : •
'' "WAITAKI COUNTY. ' 1879. 1880, Number of holdings— ' Freehold ... ... 23Q' " 262 Rented : 119 185 Part freehold and pari ... 117 77 wder orop— Wheat ... acres ' 28,188 22,654 Oats for food' or hay acres 907 798 Oats for grain acres 26,004 28,934 Barley : .A acres 2,416 '5,148 Potatoes ...: .. • acres : 816 1,079 Estimated gross produceWheat. .... bushels .719,074 765,165 : Oats bushels 913,966 1,233,38S Barley '7.. bushels 72,579 182,956 Potatoes ... tons 4,407 . 6,307 Quantity of last year's crop held when form filled up— » Wheat ... bushels 36,030 660 Oats ■: ... bushels 11,910 13,352 Barley ... bushels S2 WAIKOUAIfI COUNTY NORTH. 1879.' ISBO. Number of holdingsFreehold ... ... 229; 232 Rented ... ... 104 103 Part freehold and part rented ... ... 43 59 Land under crop— Wheat ... acres 6,52 l 5,211 Oats for food or hay acres 849 1,091 Oats for grain aoros 8,675 , 7,49S Bariey acres 406 571 Potatoes ... acres 383 456 ; Estimated gross produce-r ' Wheat ... bushels 223,719 174,138 Oats ... bushels 237,637 580,568 Barley ... bushels 10,712 20,077 Potatoes ... tons 2,008 2,263 Quantity of last year's ' ' cropheldwhen form " , filled up— Wheat ... bushels G,562 '— Oats ... bushels 2,426 ' 418 Barley ... bushels —r 13,259
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1223, 18 March 1880, Page 2
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