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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 39

GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS—continued.

AREAS AND YIELDS OF GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS, ETC., 1900–1, 1905–6, 1910–11, AND 1915–16.

Year.	Wheat.*	Oats.*	Barley.*	Maize.*
	Acres. Yield per Acre In Bushels. Total Produce in Bushels.	Acres. Yield per Acre In Bushels. Total Produce in Bushels.	Acres. Yield per Acre In Bushels. Total Produce in Bushels.	Acres. Yield per Acre In Bushels. Total Produce in Bushels.
1900–01..	206,465 31·61 6,527,154	449,534 42·45 19,085,837	30,831 33·33 1,027,651	14,232 35·78 502,697
1905–06..	222,183 30·60 6,798,934	354,291 35·86 12,707,982	29,644 34·54 1,024,045	10,485 60·39 633,212
1910–11..	322,167 25·73 8,290,221	302,827 33·41 10,118,917	33,491 27·68 927,112	13,057 43·64 569,807
1915–16..	329,708½ 21·60 7,120,770¼	213,585½ 35·93 7,673,601	30,435½ 27·13 825,651½	8,164½ 41·98 342,780
Peas and Beans.	Rye-grass.	Cocksfoot.	Potatoes.
Year.	Acres. Yield per Acre In Bushels. Total Produce in Bushels.	Acres. Yield per Acre in Bushels (of 20 lb.). Total Produce in Bushels	Acres. Yield per Acre in Pounds. Total Produce in Pounds.	Acres. Yield per Acre in Tons. Total Produce in Tons.
1900–01..	8,815 35·64 314,175	23,270 20·44 475,418	35,758 151·00 5,401,764	28,524 5·9 169,042
1905–06..	15,265 30·34 463,125	30,626 32·23 987,243	37,039 237·14 8,783,571	26,834 4·59 123,402
1910–11..	16,627 35·11 583,750	46,706 25·00 1,167,650	41,918 140·00 5,868,520	29,023 4·87 141,510
1915–16..	9,359½ 17·80 166,594½	43,456½ 18·40 799,497½	13,323½ 118·65 1,580,899	30,886½ 4·33 133,649½
*For threshing only.
GREEN AND ROOT CROPS, 1915–16.
TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH COUNTY IN THE DOMINION (WITH ITS INTERIOR BOROUGHS) THE AREAS UNDER GREEN AND Root Crops FOR THE Season 1915–16.
Grasses and Clovers.	Green and Root Crops.
County (including Interior Boroughs).	Cut for Seed only.	Cut for Hay or Ensilage (including Lucerne).	Potatoes.	Turnips.
	Rye-grass.	Cocks-foot.	Red and White Clover.	Other Grasses and Clovers.
Land District of Auckland.
Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Mangonui ..	14⅜	½	..	34¼
Whangaroa	..	..	2	..
Bay of Islands	..	68	246	..
Hokianga ..	..	15	34½	..
Whangarei ..	..	72⅜	13½	..
Hobson ..	..	3	2½	..
Otamatea ..	..	63	29	..
Rodney ..	..	49	24	10
Waitemata	..	24½	6½	45
Eden ..	..	..	..	..
Great Barrier	..	2	..	3
Manukau ..	..	36	..	..
Franklin ..	..	277¾	4	6½
Waikato ..	..	67½	21½	45
Raglan ..	..	42	23½	74
Waipa ..	..	..	44½	25
Kawhia ..	..	8	¼	3
Awakino ..	..	2	12	..
Waitomo ..	..	29	149½	1½
Coromandel	..	..	..	..
Thames ..	..	..	2	..
Ohinemuri..	..	21½	48	45½
Tauranga ..	..	16	73	27
Pisako ..	..	33	14½	6
Matamata ..	..	2	½	10
Rotorua ..	..	27	623	14
Whakatane ..	..	29	64½	51
Opotiki ..	..	42	20	8½
East Taupo	..	78	380	30
West Taupo	..	4	121	6
Totals	..	1,027	1,959½	410½
Land District of Hawke's Bay.
Waiapu ..	29	16	..	29½
Waikohu ..	..	255	7	..
Cook ..	..	2,995½	¼	47
Wairoa ..	..	144½	7	2
Hawke's Bay	..	4,243½	8	165
Waipukurau	..	188	..	..
Waipawa ..	..	725	11	9
Woodville ..	..	2	6	..
Dannevirke	..	45	18½	1
Patangata ..	..	114	..	3,787
Weber ..	..	1	3	..
Totals	..	8,742½	76½	224