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Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



THE YEAR'S WHEAT YIELD. 



By 11 . McLean. 



Owing to the lateness of the season m some districts the collectors 

 were compelled to obtain the best reliable estimate of the yield where 

 threshing had not been completed. Returns from about 4 per cent, 

 of the farms are still due^ but in these cases the area and produce 

 have been estimated. 



Return (preliminary) showing the Wheat Yield for the Season 

 1903-4. 



Note. — The estimate of the total yield in the State made last 

 October was 26,522,000 bushels. 



Old Stocks of Wheat and Flour. — On 81st December, 1903, there 

 was equivalent to 14,200 bushels of Victorian old and 72,500 of 

 imported wheat on hand (exclusive of 399,600 bushels in bond), but 

 agaist this 312,592 bushels of the new season's wheat hadbeen consumed 

 up to that date. 



