CROP RETURNS
ESTIMATED ACREAGES DECLINE THIS SEASON WHEAT. OATS, AND POTATOES (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Dec. 1. The estimated returns for wheat, oats and barley this year, compared with the actual returns for the past harvest, show a decline in the acreages of wheat and oats, but a slight increase in the case of barley. The estimates are contained in a return by the Government Statistician and appear in to-night’s Gazette. The total area sown in wheal tor the 1937-38 season was 191,842 acres, while the estimated area for 1939 totals 188,900, comprised of 3200 acres in the North Island and 185.700 in the South. The area sown in oats in 1937-38 was 289,763 acres, while the estimated total for the present season is 263,000 acres, comprised of 13.000 acres in the North Island and 250.000 in the South. The barley acreage last year was 31,604 acres and the estimate for this year 33,700, comprised of 3200 acres in the North Island and 30.500 ir. the South. The final area planted in potatoes last year was 23,090 acres, 5442 acres being in the North Island and 17,648 in the South. The estimated return for this year is 20,000 acres, 5300 acres being in the North Island and 14.700 in the South.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23672, 2 December 1938, Page 7
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212CROP RETURNS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23672, 2 December 1938, Page 7
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