COUNTY RETURNS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11107, 27 December 1916, Page 8

COUNTY RETURNS.

AREAS UNDER CULTIVATION. The following figures are illustrative of the present producing capacity in acres of the counties referred to: Orchards and gardens.—Wanganui 159, Waimarino 2, Rangitikei 259. Grain and pulse,—Wanganui 1880, Waimarino 709, Rangitikei 17,437. Grass and root crocs. —Wanganui 5095, Waimarino 11,646, Rangitikei 19,153. Fallow land.—Wanganui 18, Waimarino 0, Rangitikei 151. Total area under cultivation. — Wanganui, 279,905, Waimarino 160,93?2 Rangitikei 453,192. Unimproved land.—Wanganui 44,749, Waimarino 256,817, Rangitikei 211,125. Area in potatoes. —Wanganui 98, Waimarino 34, Rangitikei 790. Urcfaards hearing. —Wanganui 19, Waimarino 1, Rangitikei 74. STOCK RETURNS. Cattle, including dairy cows. — Wanganui 34,383, Waimarino 15,097, Rangitikei 69,732. . • Horses. —Wanganui 3248, Waimarino 1771, Rangitikei 7747. Pigs.—Wanganui 1385, Waimarino 914, Rangitikei 856. In the past five years there has been an increase of 1,066,446 sheep in the North Island, with a decrease of 274,442 in the South Island. In the same period the flocks in the [Wellington-West Coast area increased by 131,352.