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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 71

Average Yield of Wheat — (Per Acre) of the Various Districts

page 29

Average Yield of Wheat

(Per Acre) of the Various Districts.

It is a noteworthy fact that the highest average yield per acre of any of the other Australasian colonies is below the lowest point of any of the districts of New Zealand. (See diagram.)

AVERAGE YIELD or WHEAT. Bushels per acre. New Zealand—29 Tarariaki . .— Wellington .—28 Otago . . . 27 Auckland . .— 26 Hawes Bay .—25 Canterbury .— Marlborough—21 23 Nelson ...—22 Highest point reached by any of the other Australasian colonies 21 20

Oamaru (North Otago) district is famous for the quality of its wheat.

Whilst Otago and Southland excel in oats, 84,895 acres of wheat yielded 21/3 million bushels = 27.4 per acre.

The usual average return of wheat in the better class of soil is from 40 to 60 bushels per acre of dressed grain.

The average for the whole Colony is reduced to 25 or 26 bushels, owing to so much wheat being grown on the lighter soils.