WHEAT AND OATS
THRASHING RETURNS. Returns of actual thrashings received to date (July 21) from thrashing mill owners, published in tho Monthly Abstract of Statistics, show that, so far, 6,060,601 bushels of wheat and 5,652,251 bushels of oats have been thrashed out. The average yields per acre in cases where particulars of areas were furnished work out at 33.34 bushels for wheat and 42.57 bushels for oaJ A table is appended showing, by If, ~ districts, the quantity of wheat and oats thrashed and tho yield per acre in each case: WHEAT.
Land District. Thrashed. per acre. Quantity Average yield Bushels". Bushels. Auckland 5,070 34.85 Hawke's Bay ... . 12,678 33.53 Taranaki 11,500 . 34.18 Wellington 73,273 31.80 Nelson 21,040 24.53 Marlborough , 36,104 28.16 Canterbury . ... 4,959,340 33.32 Otago . , 905,184 34.07 Southland 36,322 32.90 Totals ... .. 6,060,601 OATS. 33.34 Quantity Average yield Land District. Thrashed. per acre. Bushels. Bushels. Auckland 4.606 36.97 Hawke's Bay . ... 31,317 41.10 Taranaki 34,973 43.66 Welllington. 122.618 37.44 Nelson 20,882 29.41 , Marlborough ... . 35,207 31.12 Canterbury 3,059,481 40.33 Otago .„ . 1,240,318 47.08 Southland 1,112,849 46.52 Totals ... . 5,662,251 42.57
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Otago Witness, Issue 3414, 20 August 1919, Page 12
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174WHEAT AND OATS Otago Witness, Issue 3414, 20 August 1919, Page 12
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