CEREAL YIELDS IN N.Z.
WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY (P A.) Wellington, Feb. 18. Thq following estimated, average yields per acre of wheat, oats and barley are published in to-night’s Gazette, the average for the Dominion, with last season’s actual averages in parentheses, being as follow in bushels:— Wheat: 37 (3361). Oats: 49 (48.66). Barley: 39 (35.99). In accordance with the above estimates the total yield of wheat should be approximately 10.500,000 bushels, compared with 8,671.244 last season If a similar proportion of the oat crop is threshed this season as last, the yield should be approximately 2.900.000 bushels, compared with 3.444,812 last season. The yield of barley is 1.150.000 bushels, compared with 1.296,630 last season.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 41, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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115CEREAL YIELDS IN N.Z. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 41, 19 February 1943, Page 4
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