New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 144

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS, GRASSES AND CLOVERS, AND ROOT CROPS.

TABLE SHOWING AREAS AND ACTUAL YIELDS OF GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS, GRASSES AND CLOVERS, AND ROOT CROPS, 1917–18.

NOTE.—In cases where second crops have been lifted, the areas of such have been omitted in order to avoid duplication. They have, however, been taken into consideration in calculating average yields.

Wheat.

Land District.	For Threshing.			For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage.
	Area.	Yield per Acre	Total Produce.	Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
	Acres.	Bushels.	Bushels.	Acres.	Tons.	Tons.
Auckland .. .. ..	653	24·40	15,936	192	1·55	297
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	945	26·02	24,588	43	1·91	82
Taranaki .. .. ..	698	24·34	16,986	..	..	..
Wellington .. ..	7,293	20·81	151,758	375	1·41	529
Nelson .. .. ..	1,942	16·18	31,418	56	1·21	68
Marlborough .. ..	3,285	17·39	57,125	40	1·30	52
Westland .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Canterbury .. ..	219,710	23·95	5,262,568	1,152	1·72	1,976
Otago .. .. ..	43,128	26·86	1,158,220	381	1·36	520
Southland .. ..	3,324	26·76	88,937	19	1·32	25
Totals for Dominion ..	280,978	24·23	6,807,536	2,258	1·57	3,549

Oats.

For Threshing.			For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage.
Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.	Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	Bushels.	Bushels.	Acres.	Tons.	Tons.
207	21·63	4,478	14,679	1·32	19,355
515	30·23	15,571	11,053	1·52	16,790
434	26·25	11,391	5,264	1·75	9,196
3,469	27·01	93,704	17,745	1·52	26,911
789	20·73	16,356	8,816	1·12	9,767
872	26·28	22,915	14,609	1·72	25,150
10	30·00	300	443	1·48	656
79,570	26·01	2,069,618	137,451	1·11	153,009
39,927	36·30	1,449,421	56,507	1·59	90,100
30,409	41·40	1,259,005	44,749	1·53	68,500
156,202	31·64	4,942,759	311,316	1·35	419,434

Barley.

For Threshing.			For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage.
Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.	Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	Bushels.	Bushels.	Acres.	Tons.	Tons.
333	24·75	8,241	135	1·77	239
1,559	41·87	65,281	192	2·07	398
273	36·87	10,066	38	1·84	70
831	30·94	25,714	62	2·13	132
794	20·36	16,165	17	4·29	73
4,900	24·12	118,166	..	..	..
..	..	..	3	4·00	12
5,778	29·64	171,411	65	1·72	112
4,118	34·99	144,104	121	1·67	202
274	34·87	9,554	1	2·00	2
18,860	30·15	568,702	634	1·96	1,240

Maize.

Land District.	For Threshing.			For Ensilage.
	Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.	Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
	Acres.	Bushels.	Bushels.	Acres.	Tons.	Tons.
Auckland .. .. ..	4,960	37·35	185,250	398	6·22	2,477
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	3,094	57·98	179,686	83	4·00	332
Taranaki .. .. ..	13	24·54	319	32	2·41	77
Wellington .. ..	29	35·48	1,029	71	3·15	224
Nelson .. .. ..	..	..	..	14	11·69	165
Marlborough .. ..	3	31·67	95	7	5·00	35
Westland .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Canterbury .. ..	52	26·58	1,382	8	3·12	25
Otago .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Southland .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals for Dominion ..	8,151	45·09	367,761	613	5·44	3,335

Peas and Beans.

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	Bushels.	Bushels.
72	19·88	1,431
76	36·93	2,807
16	33·44	535
352	22·53	7,930
213	21·61	4,603
4,593	24·31	111,855
6,127	28·90	177,043
236	27·03	6,378
..	..	..
11,685	26·73	312,582

Rye-grass (for Seed).

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	lb.	lb.
363	256·02	92,937
2,529	368·29	931,406
66	244·77	16,155
3,447	247·72	853,907
77	199·22	15,340
715	182·13	130,226
35,568	354·92	12,776,838
10,027	355·03	3,559,839
17,428	501·12	8,733,604
70,220	383·69	27,112,252

Cocksfoot (for Seed).

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	lb.	lb.
881	163·60	144,128
289	103·88	30,021
31	164·97	5,114
527	90·21	47,539
87	117·83	10,251
195	108·62	21,181
2	80·00	160
13,034	139·31	1,924,558
1,163	104·15	121,128
386	275·85	106,477
16,595	138·73	2,410,557

Chewing’s Fescue (for Seed).

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	lb.	lb.
1	60·00	60
..	..	..
..	..	..
6	116·67	700
13	200·00	2,600
..	..	..
..	..	..
111	46·49	5,160
124	212·02	26,290
4,117	237·61	978,232
4,372	231·71	1,013,042

Crested Dogstail (for Seed).

Land District.	Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
	Acres.	lb.	lb.
Auckland.. .. ..	..	..	..
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	..	..	..
Taranaki .. .. ..	..	..	..
Wellington .. ..	783	90·74	71,049
Nelson .. .. ..	2	200·00	400
Marlborough .. ..	..	..	..
Westland .. .. ..	..	..	..
Canterbury .. ..	..	..	..
Otago .. .. ..	126	167·77	21,139
Southland .. ..	1,506	260·32	392,048
Totals for Dominion	2,417	200·51	484,636

Red Clover and Cow-grass (for Seed).

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	lb.	lb.
2	200·00	400
..	..	..
..	..	..
464	149·92	69,564
149	230·10	37,737
552	192·86	229,308
..	..	..
5,289	117·23	683,905
394	127·55	50,256
57	91·05	5,190
6,907	132·82	1,076,360

White Clover (for Seed).

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	lb.	lb.
48	70·63	3,390
75	77·87	5,840
..	..	..
89	123·48	10,990
12	74·17	890
411	123·17	52,469
..	..	..
3,056	123·44	384,014
11	63·64	700
20	178·00	3,560
3,722	121·80	461,853

Other Grasses and Clovers (for Seed).

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	lb.	lb.
1,508	105·64	159,307
22	498·55	10,968
2	300·00	600
153	135·40	20,716
11	169·09	1,860
99	125·29	72,044
82	198·78	16,300
507	312·03	158,200
264	378·67	99,970
284	351·83	99,920
2,932	187·76	639,885

Grasses and Clovers (cut for Hay or Ensilage).

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	Tons.	Tons.
32,691	1·40	45,659
6,187	1·73	10,704
21,133	1·68	35,599
12,370	1·67	21,104
3,041	1·41	4,289
4,322	1·56	6,775
415	1·51	628
19,409	1·79	35,217
10,030	1·78	17,814
1,583	1·67	2,647
111,181	1·61	180,436

Potatoes.

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	Tons.	Tons.
2,900	4·30	12,457
1,030	4·54	4,958
442	3·99	1,769
2,065	5·35	11,064
498	3·50	1,744
373	4·30	1,633
71	3·75	266
11,537	4·25	49,088
2,616	4·07	10,639
1,322	5·28	6,978
22,854	4·38	100,596

Onions.

Area.	Yield per Acre.	Total Produce.
Acres.	Tons.	Tons.
45	7·38	332
15	3·20	48
3	6·00	18
22	6·86	151
..	..	..
3	6·67	20
..	..	..
387	10·13	3,919
6	2·50	15
..	..	..
481	9·36	4,503

Hops.—499 acres; yield, 692,085 lb.; average, 1386·94 lb. per acre (practically all in Nelson Land District).

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🌾 Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics for 1917-18 (continued from previous page)

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Dated22 October 1918
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