AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13653, 23 July 1908, Page 6

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

<( A return is published in iha last, Gazette" of the area, laid down in corn, grasses, etc., in the Dominion and the actual yields. Three months ago a leliurh showing the estimated yield was published, and it is now interesting to compare this with the actual results, which show that the estimates were framed on moderate lines. Thus : Estimated Yield. Actual Yield. Bushels iier Acre. Bushels per Acre. Wheat ... 27 " '... 28.84 Oats ... 50 ... 38.85 Barley ... 29 ... 32.15 The area for threshing last season was 195,031 acres, compared with 206,185 for the previous season, and tihe total yield was 5,567,159 bushels, compared with 5.606,252 the previous ycar( when the average per acre was 27.18 bushels). The supplies of wheat and flour are shown as under:— .'.'-. , , Bushels. Bushels. Total Tield of wheat ... 5,567,139

Wheat" and flour on hand .October 31, 1907 ... 1,641,251 Wheat, and flour importfrom November 1 *■"' „„, **T 29 i!^ 71 7, 5 3 2 ,661

Wheat and ilour exported, November 1 to „ February 29 ■•• "'* . Consumption for game period (960,000 persons at six bushels per Available for all purposes, Febru- _ arv 29th, 1903 •■••■■; 5,407,905 Canterbu.y ™> uf mms i' £™%£ wheat-producing district,. tfaa lowest, Ihougli sharing with laianaki the honour of the .highest average per acre (34 bushels). The figures show :- Acres. Bushels. Average. Cante.bury . 139.633 3 950.813 28.29 Wellington . 4,019 96 348 23.97 Auckland ... 1,361 42,070 2o Marlborough . 1,264 *0,306 24 Nelson 896 23.296 26 Tanmoki 387 13,158 o Hawkw Bay • 351 11.9*1 o<» I'll- area, in oats was i>S6,<jdo acres the average (as stated above) 58.83 bushek and the rkld 15,021,862 bushels. In the previous'.season the figures were, respectively, 351,929, 51,83 and 11,201,789. Utago had an easy lead, beating the next b'.,t, Canterbury, by over two. million bushels. ' •_ Last year's" crop of barky was 1,165.406 bushels taken off 56,177. acres, an average of 52.15 bushels .per acre. For the previous season (he area, average and total were kins, being 55,305 acres and 31.03 bushels per acre, giving a. total of 1.035,546 bushels. Canterbury district was th-> largest contributor, with Marlborough next. For the seaisoli under notice the area under potatoes was 27,055 acres, yielding 142.999 tons, an average of 5.23 tor..* per acre. For the previous season the figures were respectively 51.289 acivs. 5.42 tons per acre and total yield 169,875 tons.