CROP PROSPECTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13422, 8 July 1911, Page 3

CROP PROSPECTS.

'(Per United Press A ssociation), W HLLINGTON, July G. To-night’* (iazetle contains the following summary of liu; corn and green el 1 ;-,, for the season 1910-11 •—. Provincial District. of Auckland.—Co ~ and pulse crops, acres 51 .936; green and root crops, acres, 55,GU; total area In crop, acres, 1117,550. Taranaki—ll,922, 211,807, and 115,789. Hawke's ilav, —22,509, 114.859 and 57,76 c:. Wellington.—4B,29B, 57,28:1 and 105,51- 1 Marl boron gii,—36,9119, ] 1,455 and 48.591. Kelson.-112,100, 18,190 and 50,290. We-tland.—6sl, 1524, and 2175 Cantcrburv. 701,286 Otago.—(Otago portion), 193,38-'). 130,933, and 329.535. Otago (Southland portion)—lll ,038, 130,966. T0ta15.—1.1)21,178,. 786,788 and 1.178,906 The following remarK; arc made:—Tie. last eoUertiim of the agricultural and pastoral stuti-ticH was made liy the l)e| arl incut of Agriculture in October, 1908 10. the 1908-9 season. No collection was me.! ■either ;n 1909 or in 1910: but in April last a return in connection with the gene;a; ce-!i..is was taken under the provisions of the Census and Statistics Act, 191(1, on tins 3rd of April, the date of tile census. Thcrops were all harvested. but fanners ana others were requested 1 f show the ere; .- ou their laud for the 1910-11 .season, ;;:.d all hough owing to change of ownership of land and other causes, some of (hj, seh -dnlcs were not as accurate as I’m y mie' tI■ -;vi■ bee l !, the totals will not be !:-i ’lMy afiscled. ’1 he following refill": n) euiii and green crops must be treat ■! a ; an Acrim return” m there are a!ill same .schedules outstanding. The ligur-s, however, may bo taken as substantially correct. Comparing the grain and gyi;g-: crops with the returns of two yeas ago, both show a largo decrease this year. This can lie accounted for bv the drought peri; need in several parts of New Zealand hist summer, and by the increase of dairying and of sheep fanning. The principal decreases are in Canterbury and Otago, where the drought was very p>cve v o and the turnip and other crops were in many lastands total failures. In grain crops it will be noticed that whilst there is an Increase in area under wheat amounting La 81,859 acres, oats; on the other hand sdiow the very large decrease of 133,557 -ic-vc;,. The following table shows (he increases and decreases in crops for the .season; Increases.-- -Wheat' 81,859 acres; mai/.e, -1138; peas, 861; beans, 566; vetches, 14; linseed, 2009 : hops, 14: other grain crops, 386; mangolds, 1880; beet, 171; carrots, 307; total, 100,023. Decreases, —Oats, 155,557 acres; barley, 14,225; rye, 419; potatoes, 1834; turnips, 83,017, raps and kale, 13,360; other (greenj crops, 2760; total, 271,692, Total net decrease, 171,064 acres.