ESTIMATED YIELDS OF WHEAT AND OATS.
The following estimated average yields per acre of wheat and oats for the season 1924-25 have been compiled by the Government Statistician from reports furnished by Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion and issued under date 9th February :
. ■ Wheat. . Oats. District. Bushels per Bushels p North Island . . .. . . . . . . 3 4?oo Nelson .. ■ . . ... ... .. . . . 28-90 29-93 Marlborough .. .. .. .. . . 30 . i6 o g Canterbury .. ... .. . . ... -31.17 36-61 ta f° • • ■ ■ • • • • • • •’ 27-70 ' 36-87 Southland ... .. . . .... .. 30-06 42 . go Average (estimated) for the Dominion, season 1924-25 30-62 38-08 Average (actual) for the Dominion, season 1923-24 .. 24-01 30-27
In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the Dominion should be approximately 5,000,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 4> 1 74>537 bushels for the season 1923-24. . k The percentage of oats threshed for the five seasons ending with 1923-24 was 27-67 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 5,000,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 1,964,511 bushels for the season 1923—24.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 2, 20 February 1925, Page 142
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181ESTIMATED YIELDS OF WHEAT AND OATS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 2, 20 February 1925, Page 142
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