COUNTY RETURNS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16852, 27 December 1916, Page 7

COUNTY RETURNS.

AREAS UNDER CULTIVATION.

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES,

The following figures are illustrative of the present producing capacity in acres of the Counties referred to:— ORCHARDS AND GARDENS. Patea 99, Waitotara 223, Wanganui 159, Waimarino- 2, Rangitikei 259. GRAIN AND PULSE. Patea 1452, Waitotara, 1700 Wanganui 1880, Waimarino 709 Rangitikei 17,437. GRASS AND ROOT1 CROPS. Patea 7695, Waitotara 4685, Wanganui 5&95, Waimarino 11,646, Rangitikei 19,153. FALLOW LAND. Fatea 65, Waitotara 1121, Wanganui 18, Waimarino 0, Rangitikei 151. TOTAL AREA UNDER CULTI- * VATION. Patea 206,317, iWaitotara 153,147 Wanganui 279,906, Waimarino 160,937, Rangitikei 453,192. UNIMPROVED LAND. Patea 65,809, Waitotara 52,087, Wanganui 44,749, Waimarino 256,----817, Rangitikei 211,125. AREA IN POTATOES. Patea 117, Waitotara jLI4, Wanganui 98, Waimarino 34, Rangitikei 780. ORCHARDS BEARING. Patea 7, Waitotara 137, Wanganui 19, Waimarino 1, Rangitikei 74. STOCK RETURNS. Cattle (including dairy cows). — Patea 49,085 head, Waitotara 24,801, Wanganui 34,383, Waimarino 15,097, Rangitikei 69J32. Horses. —Patea 3410, Waitotara 1968, Wanganui 3248, Waimarino 1771, Rangitikei 7747. Pigs.—Patea ' 4626, Waitotara 1668, 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 131,3 52.