New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 84

Page 3247

✨ Agricultural Statistics



Nov. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3247

Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1928–29).

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1928.

As in previous years, cards were sent out by post to grain-growers and to potato-growers throughout the Dominion, asking them to state what areas they had sown or planted, or intended to sow or plant, in wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes this season.

WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY.—FINAL AREAS, 1927–28, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN IN 1928–29.

— Wheat. Oats. Barley.
Areas, 1927–28 :—
For threshing 260,987 88,223 21,091
For chaffing 1,191 201,437 661
Total harvested 262,178 289,660 21,752
Not harvested 621 14,048 ..
Grand totals 262,799 303,708 21,752
Areas, 1928–29 (estimated) :—
North Island 3,700 19,700 2,250
South Island 251,300 283,300 19,750
Totals .. 255,000 303,000 22,000

Particulars as to varieties of wheat and of oats sown or intended to be sown were asked for. The following table gives a summary of results in cases where varieties were specified :—

— Wheat. Oats.
Tuscan or Longberry. Hunter’s (Varieties). Velvet or Pearl. Total Specified Varieties. White. Dun. Black. Algerian. Total Specified Varieties.
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres.
North Island 2,358 578 170 3,106 1,120 274 17 11,796 13,207
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland 4,002 1,500 420 5,922 1,019 936 154 10,251 12,360
Canterbury 152,161 25,482 10,339 187,982 67,254 12,393 1,877 45,143 126,667
Otago and Southland 16,478 8,732 5,401 30,611 66,057 8,061 7,188 5,317 86,623
Dominion totals 174,999 36,292 16,330 227,621 135,450 21,664 9,236 72,507 238,857

Tabulation of statistics for potatoes gives the following results :—

POTATOES.—FINAL AREA, 1927–28, AND AREA ESTIMATED AS PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED, 1928–29.

Final Area, 1927–28. Acres. Estimated Area, 1928–29. Acres.
North Island 4,795 4,200
South Island 16,898 16,900
Totals for Dominion 21,693 21,100

On the average of the last five seasons (viz., 5·34 tons per acre) the total yield from the estimated area shown for 1928–29 should approximate 112,674 tons, as against 121,402 tons last season.

It may be well to note that only holdings of 1 acre and over outside borough boundaries are covered by these figures. In the case of potatoes a fair amount is undoubtedly grown on the smaller holdings and on holdings situated within boroughs.

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.



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🌾 Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1928–29)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
3 November 1928
Agriculture, Crop Areas, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Statistics
  • MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician