MORE WHEAT CAMPAIGN

Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1930, Page 15

MORE WHEAT CAMPAIGN

THE AUSTRALIAN HARVEST. RECORD OUTPUT ANTICIPATED. Sydney, Aug. 21. Soon after it came into power about eight months ago the Scullin Labour Government did a great deal to promulgate the slogan, “Grow more wheat.” It is evident now that this was heeded in every direction, for the latest official figures indicate that Australia’s next harvest will be a record. If the price of wheat is as satisfactory as it now promises to be, this, great harvest is going to go a long way towards putting the Commonwealth on its feet again. New South Wales expects a crop of at least 70,000,000 bushels, South Australia’s crop should be in the vicinity of 50.000,000 bushels, Western Australia’s bushels, and even with only average yields, Victoria should harvest more than 65,000,000 bushels —a total of 227,000,000 bushels. The best yield in the Commonwealth so far was in 191516, -when 179,066,000 bushels were garnered... Australia’s wheat yields for the last six years are:—

Latest unofficial reports say that good spring rains will bring South Australia s total nearer 50,000,000 bushels than the 40,000,000 now expected. The area under crop is estimated at 4,440,000 acres. In the record year, 1917, only 2,778,000 acres were cropped, and the yield was 43,750,000. Officials in the New South Wales Department of Agriculture believe that that State’s 70,000,000 bushel crop will be worth £14,000,000, although 14,000,000 bushels of wheat have been carried over from last year.

Season. Bushels. 1926164,559,000 114,504,000 160,762,000 .1027-28 ..... 118,200,000 1028-29 ..... 118,000,000 1929-30 126,477.000