AREAS UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS.
The following tables, compiled by the Government Statistician, afford a comparison of areas under the principal arable crops in New Zealand at quinquennial intervals since 1900-1, and in the two last seasons : —
. Year. Wheat for all Purposes. Oats for all Purposes. Barley for all . Purposes: Maize ■ for all ■ Purposes. Peas and Beans for " all Purposes. Other . Crops. Total Area under Grain arid Pulse Crops. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. .. Acres. Acres. ■Acres. 900-I .. 208,084 ' 641 ,041. 35,337 15,751 ,960 6, 146 -915,319 1905-6 . . 223,571 599,256 32,914 13,110 15,718 ■ 5,532 890, 1910-II .. 336,3 8 9 593,396 38,131 18,857 . 17,336 11,713 I ,015, 822 1915-16 .. 335,423 642,125 . 32,244 8,710 • 9,209: 2,515 I,030,226 1916-17 .. . . 224,352 224,352. 564,812 564,812 30,886 30,886 7,070 7,070 11,905 11,905 5,617 '5,6l7 844,642 ■ : 844,642 1917-18 .. 286,071 488, 176 19,494 ■8,764 1,685 4,979 ,819, 169 . GREEN AND ROOT CROPS. Other Green . Total Area under . ... Year. • Potatoes. Turnips. Mangolds. and Green and Root 1 . Root Crops. Crops. . . Root Crops. .Crops. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. 900-I 28,524 404,333 . 7,341 130,859 571,057 1905-6 26,834 469,579 7,090 141 , 780 645,283 1910-II. 29,023 450,959 14,082 219,618 713682 1915-16 . 29,809 • 572,137 13,046 232,5 85 847,577 847,577 1916-17" 26,156 526,283 9,073 ■ 220,338 781 ,850 1917-18 ' 22,854 450,819 8,712 y :■ 183,415 665,800 ’
GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, 20 January 1919, Page 58
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212AREAS UNDER PRINCIPAL CROPS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, 20 January 1919, Page 58
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