GRAIN AND POTATOES
Estimated Acreages (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 11. To-night’s Gazette contains a return of the areas sown in wheat, oats, barley and potatoes for the season 1942-43, and estimates of the areas sown for 1943-44 (areas of less than one acre within borough boundaries are not included). The returns for 1942-43 were (all acres):—
For threshing For chaffing Wheat. 286,998 1,165 Oats. Barley. 56,291 28,657 121,435 596 Total harvested 288,163 177,726 29,253 Fed off, etc 1,995 64,639 6,008 Grand total . 290,158 242,365 35.261 Estimated areas sown for the 1943-44 harvest are:— Wheat Oats. Barley. North Island 11,000 11,000 3,600 South Island 238,000 209,000 37,400 Total 249,000 220,000 41,000 Potatoes, 1942-43 North Island .. . .. 7,493 South Island .. . .. 16,367 Total . .. 23.860 Estimated for 1943-44 North Island .. . .. 7,000 South Island .. . .. 18,000 Total .. . .. 25,000
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIV, Issue 22738, 12 November 1943, Page 4
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130GRAIN AND POTATOES Timaru Herald, Volume CLIV, Issue 22738, 12 November 1943, Page 4
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