The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 29
The Crops of the World
The Crops of the World.
Colonies. | Years. | Wheat. | Barley. | Oats. | Potatoes. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bushels. | Bushels | Bushels. | Tons. | ||
New South Wales | 1874-75 | 12.9 | 17.3 | 16.3 | 2.8 |
New South Wales | 1875-76 | 14.7 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 3.0 |
Victoria | 1874-75 | 14.6 | 21.0 | 18.5 | 3.5 |
Victoria | 1875-76 | 15.5 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 3.1 |
South Australia | 1874-75 | 11.7 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 3.7 |
South Australia | 1875-76 | 12.0 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 4.5 |
Western Australia | 1874-75 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.0 |
Tasmania | 1874-75 | 18.5 | 24.5 | 26.8 | 3.7 |
Tasmania | 1875-76 | 16.4 | 27.8 | 25.4 | 3.5 |
New Zealand | 1874-75 | 28.2 | 29.4 | 35.2 | 5.2 |
New Zealand | 1875-76 | 31.5 | 35.9 | 38.0 | 4.9 |
Thus we see that in point of productiveness the land of New Zealand is far ahead of that of the sister Colonies, and that Tasmania stands next upon the list.
Colonies. | Years. | Wheat. | Barley. | Potatoes. |
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Bushels | Bushels. | Tons. | ||
Cape of Good Hope | 1865 | 6.9 | 8.9 | — |
Cape of Good Hope | 1875 | 8.9 | 15.4 | 1.36 |
Natal | 1874 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 0.75 |
Natal | 1875 | 10.8 | 13.2 | 2.2 |
Returns for Oats are not given.
We now come to the statistical returns for Europe and America, placing the returns for New Zealand underneath for easy reference.
Countries. | Years. | Wheat. | Barley. | Oats. | Potatoes. |
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Bushels. | Bushels | Bushels. | Tons. | ||
Russia | 1872 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 16.6 | 3.9 |
Sweden | 1874 | — | — | — | 4.1 |
Norway | 1870 | 22.1 | 30.3 | — | — |
Bavaria | 1863 | 16.3 | 20.1 | 22.5 | 3.4 |
Wurtemburg | 1875 | 18.1 | 21.2 | 29.3 | 1.9 |
Holland | 1874 | 28.4 | 41.9 | 44.4 | 4.1 |
Belgium | 1866 | 20.3 | 34.9 | 41.2 | — |
France | 1875 | 13.4 | 18.7 | 23.8 | 3.75 |
Portugal | 1865 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 18.6 | — |
Austria (Prussian) | 1875 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 16.2 | 3.6 |
Hungary | 1872 | 8.6 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 1.7 |
Greece | 1867 | 13.2 | 18.8 | 19.0 | — |
Egypt | 1871 | 15.4 | 20.2 | — | — |
United States | 1874 | 12.3 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 3.5 |
New Zealand | 1874-75 | 28.2 | 29.4 | 35.2 | 5.2 |
New Zealand | 1875-76 | 31.5 | 35.9 | 38.0 | 4.9 |
In the Dominion of Canada the average yield of four principal States for 1871 was 10.3 bushels of wheat and 4 tons of potatoes.