AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
The following are the statistics for 1882 of 'the County of Clutha :— i Total number of holdings . . . . 482 ' Acres sown in wheat .. .. .. 5,610 Estimated gross produce o! wheat in bushels. . 155,560 Acres sown in oatß (omitting greon food or hay) .. ■• -• •• 17.742 Estimated gross procluco of oats in bushels .. 527,074 Acres sown in barley .. .. .. H9 In hay .. •• •• •• 1339 In grasses (after having been brokon up) . . 53,782 ara«u sown lands not previously ploughed . . 201)0 In turnips or rape . . . . ■ • 13,864 In potatoes . . . . • • 342 Quantity of laat year's crop remaining on hand:— Wheat, 148 i bushels; oats, 1C,385; barley, 600 ; total (bushels) . . . . 18,467 Total number of acres under crop (including sown grasses) . . • • • • 90,966
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Otago Witness, Issue 1585, 8 April 1882, Page 7
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111AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Otago Witness, Issue 1585, 8 April 1882, Page 7
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