New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – No. 81

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No 81

Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1931–32).

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1931.

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

WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY.—INTERIM AREAS, 1930–31, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN IN 1931–32.

Areas, 1930–31 (interim figures) :— Wheat. Oats. Barley.
For threshing Acres. 249,335 Acres. 87,478 Acres. 23,894
For chaffing 3,212 223,127 966
Total harvested 252,547 310,605 24,860
Not harvested .. 56,474 5,837
Grand totals 252,547 367,079 30,697
Areas, 1931–32 (estimated) :—
North Island 6,000 22,000 3,000
South Island 270,000 307,000 21,000
Totals .. 276,000 329,000 24,000

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.
North Island Acres. 2,487 Acres. 1,141 Acres. 135 Acres. 3,763 Acres. 971 Acres. 208 Acres. 73 Acres. 9,213 Acres. 10,465
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland 3,819 1,160 419 5,398 814 498 291 8,505 10,108
Canterbury 150,464 27,018 5,342 182,824 67,787 16,392 3,577 44,218 131,974
Otago and Southland 15,915 13,195 2,712 31,822 66,219 7,159 6,227 4,869 84,474
Dominion totals 172,685 42,514 8,608 223,807 135,791 24,257 10,168 66,805 237,021

Tabulation of statistics for potatoes gives the following results :—

POTATOES.—INTERIM AREA, 1930–31, AND AREA ESTIMATED AS PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED, 1931–32.

Interim Area, 1930–31. Acres. Estimated Area, 1931–32. Acres.
North Island 7,127 5,500
South Island 21,357 17,000
Totals for Dominion 28,484 22,500

MALCOLM FRASER,
Government Statistician.



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🌾 Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1931–32)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 October 1931
Agriculture, Crop Areas, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Statistics
  • MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician