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CEREALS 



harvest of over 252,000,000 bushels, as against the 1912-13 

 harvest of 32,500,000 bushels, and the estimated one of 

 36,860,000 for the present season. 



Figures for the other States regarding the proportion 

 of the area outside the 10 in. isohyetal during crop growth 

 are not available, as far as I am aware, but we may fairly 

 assume that this proportion is much the same as in New 

 South Wales, and that one quarter of the area given in 

 the preceding table can be made available. We shall then 

 get the following figures for possible acreages and 

 yields : 



The following table gives the area actually under crop 

 and the production for the past two seasons for all the 

 States of the Commonwealth : 



