BULLETIN 987, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Table 6. — Crops of Australia — Continued. 



Crop year. 



Hay. 







Hops. 





Mangolds. 





Onions 





1,000 







1,000 







1,000 



1,000 





Tons. 



tons. 



Acres. 



Lbs. 



lbs. 



Acres. 



Tons. 



tons. 



acres. 



Tons. 



1.6 



3,557 



1,163 



1,618 



1,882 



3,526 



18.6 



66 



7 



6.7 



1.3 



3,212 



1,154 



995 



1,147 



2,391 



14.0 



33 



4 



6.4 



1.4 



4,430 



1,383 



1,503 



2,078 



2,71.5 



14.4 



39 



6 



6.4 



1.4 



3,777 



1,473 



1,131 



1,667 



2,496 



12.4 



31 



7 



4.6 



.7 



1,942 



1,545 



1,164 



1,798 



2,106 



10.2 



22 



10 



4.0 



1.8 



6,310 



1, 515 



1,404 



2,128 



2,329 



12.8 



30 



10 



4.6 ! 



1.5 



3,928 



1,331 



1,316 



1,752 



1,952 



12.1 



24 



7 



5.1 



1.4 



3,051 



1,296 



1,623 



2,103 



1,442 



11.6 



17 



6 



4.9 



1.2 



1 



3,241 



1,333 



1,394 



1,858 



1,375 



14.0 



19 



6 



5.0 



1,000 

 \ acres. 



1910-11 2,258 



1911-12 2,518 



1912-13 3,217 



1913-14 2,755 



1914-15 2,629 



1915-16 ' 3,598 



1916-17 1 2,672 



1917-18 2,213 



1918-19 ' 2,693 



1,000 

 tons. 





Potatoes. 



Sugar cane. 3 



Sweet potatoes. 



Tobacco. 



Crop year. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



1910-11 

 1911-12 

 1912-13 

 1913-14 

 1914-15 

 1915-16 

 1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 



1,000 

 acres. 

 152 

 130 

 129 

 170 

 148 

 121 

 150 

 136 

 111 



Bush. 

 98.6 

 86.2 



121.3 

 94.4 

 90.0 



102.7 

 88.8 

 95.2 

 87.4 



1,000 

 bush.* 

 14,928 

 11,256 

 15,618 

 16,096 

 13,351 

 12,421 

 13,328 

 12, 969 



9,722 



1,000 

 acres. 

 100 

 101 

 84 

 109 

 114 

 100 

 81 

 114 

 116 



Tons. 

 22.4 

 18.6 

 15.1 

 23.3 

 20.7 

 14.6 

 23.8 

 28.2 

 17.2 



1,000 

 tons. 

 2,241 

 1,884 

 1,271 

 2,544 

 2,357 

 1,467 

 1,930 

 3,225 

 1,994 



Acres. 

 4,032 

 3,725 

 3,485 

 4,029 

 3,517 

 2,321 

 1.974 

 2,596 

 2,291 



Tons. 

 6.2 

 5.7 

 5.0 

 5.4 

 5.0 

 4.6 

 4.4 

 5.5 

 5.4 



1,000 

 tons. 

 25 

 21 

 17 

 22 

 17 

 11 

 9 

 14 

 12 



Acres. 

 2,080 

 2,449 

 2,745 

 3,007 

 2,373 

 1,906 

 1,342 

 1,162 

 2,060 



Lbs. 

 925 



1,052 

 681 

 941 

 796 

 718 

 284 

 394 



61,299 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 1,925 

 2,574 

 1,869 

 2,828 

 1,891 

 1,369 

 381 

 459 



5 2, 430 



3 For "productive" area only. 

 * Bushels of 60 pounds. 

 6 Exclusive of Victoria. 



Note.— For wheat, the imperial bushel in the British Empire, as well as the Winchester bushel in the 

 United States, is regarded in commerce as equivalent to 60 pounds. The original Australian figures for 

 wheat production, in imperial bushels, are: 



1910-11 95,112,000 



1911-12 71,636,000 



1912-13 91,981,000 



1913-14 103,344,000 



1914-15 24,892,000 



1915-16 179,066,000 



1916-17 152,420.000 



1917-18 114,734,000 



1918-19 75,638,000 



1919-20 45,884,000 



1920-21 145,905,000 



Table 7. — Number of live stock in 'Australia. 

 [Source: Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Melbourne, Australia.] 



Date. 



Cattle. 



Swine. 



Sheep. 



Goats. 



Horses. 



Dec. 31: 

 1910 



11,745,000 

 11,829,000 

 11,577,000 

 11,484,000 

 11,052,000 

 9,931,000 

 10, 459, 000 

 11,829,000 

 12,739,000 

 11,010,000 



1,026,000 



1,111,000 



845, 000 



801,000 



862, 000 



754,000 



1,007,000 



1,169,000 



914,000 



» 1,111,000 



92,047,000 

 93,004,000 

 83,254,000 

 85,057,000 

 78,600,000 

 69,257,000 

 76,669,000 

 84,965,000 

 87,086.000 

 = 88,000,000 



2 78,000,000 



314,000 



2,166,000 

 2,279,000 

 2,408,000 



1911 



1912 





1913 



1914 



262, 000 



2,523,000 

 2,521,000 



1915 





2,378,000 



1916... 





2,437,000 

 2,499,000 

 2,528,000 



1917... 





1918... 





1919 







June 30: 

 1920 















1 Excluding northern territory. 



2 Unofficial estimate. 



