COMMONWEALTH WHEAT STATISTICS.
From a reliable source we gather that the estimated wheat crop for the Commonwealth is given as 77,000,000 bushels. If from this total is deducted 31,000,000 bushels for food and seed it leaves a total of 46,000,000 bushels for export, to which has to be added 6,000,000 bushels carried over from 1910 and 1911, making a grand exportable surplus of 52,000,000 bushels. The area of wheat laid down and the estimated yields from the different States are as follow i
Totals ... 7,414,193 76,901,860 ' Our informant states that from what he can gather South Australia and New South Wales are averaging better returns than those given given, so that if prices keep firm the Commonwealth should have a big monetary return from its cereal crop this I year.
Avg. Area Yield. per State. Acres. Bushels. acre. N.S.W. 2,267,845 23,372.000 10.31 Victoria 2,321.000 26,571,000 11.45 S. Australia... 2,168,700 20,680.640 9.54 W. Australia 559,110 5,146,926 9.2 Queensland ... 47,538 381,224 8.02 Tasmania 50,000 750,000 ■—
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Otago Witness, Issue 3018, 17 January 1912, Page 20
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