✨ Agricultural Statistics
Account of Land in Cultivation, and Agricultural Produce, February, 1894.
THE results of the collection made during February last for the under-mentioned counties (as returned by the Superintendent Collectors) are published for general information. The figures are subject to revision.
Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 28th March, 1894.
E. J. von DADELSZEN, Registrar-General.
Table Structure
Counties
- West Taupo*
- East Taupo*
- Tauranga and Motiti Island*
- Rotorua*
- Whakatane*
- Waiapu†
- Cook†
- Clifton‡
- Stratford‡
- Taranaki‡
- Amuri§
- Cheviot§
- Ashley§
- Akaroa§||
- Selwyn§
- Ashburton§
Columns
- Numbers of Holdings over One Acre in Extent
- Freehold
- Rented
- Part Freehold, part Rented
- Total Numbers of Holdings
- Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop (Acres)
- In Wheat
- Acres
- Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels)
- In Oats
- For Green Food
- For Hay
- For Grain
- Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels)
- In Barley
- Acres
- Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels)
- In Potatoes
- Acres
- Estimated Gross Produce (in tons)
- In Turnips or Rape (Acres)
- In Other Crops (Acres)
- Total Number of Acres under Crop, exclusive of Land under Grass
- In Sown Grasses
- In Hay
- Acres
- Estimated Gross Produce (in tons)
- In Grasses after having been in crop
- Acres
- Grass-sown Lands not previously in crop
- Acres
- In Hay
- Grass Seed, Produce of
- Cocksfoot (Bshls.)
- Rye-grass (Bshls.)
- In Garden (Acres)
- In Orchard (Acres)
Footnotes
- No trace of the Hessian fly; no loss through floods or caterpillars.
† Comparison with results of 1893 shows an increase in number of holdings, but considerable shrinkage in crops (amounting to nearly 50 per cent. in grass-seed) by reason of wet weather during harvest. In many instances grass after being cut was entirely useless for hay. Some grass-sown lands have gone back into native grass.
‡ No Hessian fly or codlin-moth; some damage done by caterpillars, more by small birds.
§ Estimates of grain have been checked by results of threshing, and may be taken as accurate. 'No Hessian fly; falling-off in average yields per acre, due to caterpillars, rust, and hard weather. It is feared that much grain has been injured by the wet harvest.
|| Decrease in yield of cocksfoot in Akaroa County, caused by bad weather and prevalence of "Yorkshire fog." In some places the "fog" was so thick that the cocksfoot was not worth cutting.
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NZ Gazette 1894, No 24
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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources28 March 1894
Agriculture, Statistics, Land Cultivation, Crop Yields, Counties, New Zealand, 1894
- E. J. von Dadelssen, Registrar-General