New Zealand Gazette – 1933 – No. 74

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1933-34).

Census and Statistics Office,
Wellington, 30th October, 1933.

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.—FINAL AREAS, 1932–33, AND AREAS ESTIMATED AS SOWN OR TO BE SOWN IN 1933–34.

Wheat. Oats. Barley.
Acres. Acres. Acres.
Areas, 1932–33 :—
For threshing 302,531 116,206 16,336
For chaffing 2,180 259,294 860
Total harvested 304,711 375,500 17,196
Not harvested 1,213 49,087 6,280
Grand totals 305,924 424,587 23,476
Areas, 1933–34 (estimated) :—
North Island 11,400 24,100 3,300
South Island 283,100 312,400 24,200
Totals 294,500 336,500 27,500

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 2,319 3,435 1,564 7,318 801 114 58 4,489 5,462
Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland 4,408 1,862 524 6,794 798 814 458 8,345 10,415
Canterbury 162,285 30,628 5,069 197,982 60,465 17,865 6,445 49,668 134,443
Otago and Southland 18,098 14,353 2,708 35,159 68,015 6,115 4,907 5,682 84,719
Dominion totals 187,110 50,278 9,865 247,253 130,079 24,908 11,868 68,184 235,039

Tabulation of statistics for potatoes gives the following results :—

POTATOES.—FINAL AREA, 1932–33, AND AREA ESTIMATED AS PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED, 1933–34.

Final Area, 1932–33. Acres. Estimated Area, 1933–34. Acres.
North Island 7,351 5,500
South Island 17,254 16,850
Totals for Dominion 24,605 22,350

J. W. BUTCHER,
Government Statistician.



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🌾 Estimated Areas under Wheat, Oats, Barley, and Potatoes (Season 1933-34)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 October 1933
Agriculture, Statistics, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Crop Areas, Season 1933-34
  • J. W. Butcher, Government Statistician