ESTIMATED AREAS UNDER WHEAT AND OATS.
The following estimates of the areas under wheat and oats in the Dominion for the current season have been issued by -the Government Statistician, under date 31st October, the figures being based' on the usual card census WheatNorth Island, 5,000 acres; South Island, 180,000 acres total, 185,000 acres. Oats— Island, 55,000 acres ; South Island, 390,000 acres: total, 445,000 acres. The corresponding final totals for the previous season (1922-23) were 278,687 acres of wheat and 468,928 acres of oats. In the current season’s wheatsowings the areas under the different varieties are given as follows : Tuscan or long-berry, 124,727 acres ; Hunters (various), 33,739 acres Velvet or Pearl, 13,901 acres; balance unspecified.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 20 November 1923, Page 348
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115ESTIMATED AREAS UNDER WHEAT AND OATS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVII, Issue 5, 20 November 1923, Page 348
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