HANDBOOK OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL, STATISTICS. 

 Table 64. — Crops of Neiv Zealand. 



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fSource: Monthly Abstract of Statistics; issued by Government Statistician of the Dominion of New Zea- 

 land. These statistics begin as early as the crop year 1879-80 for the principal crops.] 





Barley. 



Corn. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Crop year. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Pro- 

 duc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Pro- 

 duc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 



per 

 acre. 



Pro- 

 duc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 



per 

 acre. 



Pro- 

 duc- 

 tion. 



1910-11 



1911-12 



1912-13 



1913-14 



1914-15 



1915-16 



1916-17 



1917-18 



1918-19 



1919-20 



1,000 

 acres. 

 33 

 32 

 37 

 32 

 18 

 30 

 30 

 19 

 19 



Bush. 1 

 28.6 

 40.9 

 37.9 

 38.8 

 33.6 



■ 28.0 

 26.4 

 31.1 

 39.1 



1,000 



bush. 1 



956 



1,294 



1,421 



1,244 



616 



846 



783 



587 



733 



1,000 

 acres. 

 13 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 8 

 6 

 8 

 10 



Bush. 1 

 45.0 

 47.1 

 48.9 

 53.4 

 51.8 

 43.4 

 44.5 

 46.5 

 43.5 



1,000 

 bush. 1 

 588 

 287 

 229 

 317 

 284 

 351 

 283 

 379 

 427 



1,000 

 acres. 

 303 

 404 

 387 

 362 

 288 

 213 

 177 

 156 

 173 

 410 



Bush. 1 

 34.5 

 50.2 

 36.2 

 42.0 

 41.0 

 37.1 

 31.2 

 32.6 

 41.1 



1,000 

 bush. 1 



10, 438 

 20, 282 

 14, 012 

 15,206 



11, 797 

 7,894 

 5,541 

 5,099 

 7,102 



1,000 

 acres. 

 322 

 216 

 190 

 167 

 230 

 329 

 219 

 281 

 208 

 193 



Bush. 1 

 26.5 

 34.8 

 28.1 

 32.4 

 29.9 

 22.3 

 24.0 

 25.0 

 32.6 

 22.0 



1,000 

 bush. 1 

 8,551 

 7,490 

 6,343 

 5, 397 

 6,854 

 7,332 

 5,243 

 7,022 

 6,775 

 4,229 





















Crop year. 



Cocksfoot (seed). 



Peas. 



Potatoes. 



Rye grass seed. 



1910-11.. 



1911-12 



1913-14 



1914-15 



1915-16 



1916-17 



1917-18 



1918-19 



1,000 

 acres. 

 42 

 38 

 34 

 26 

 18 

 13 

 16 

 17 



Lbs. 

 140.0 

 182.1 

 238.4 

 191.1 

 135.5 

 118.6 

 118.2 

 138.7 



1,000 

 lbs. 

 5,869 

 6,975 

 8,106 

 4,955 

 2,378 

 1,577 

 1, 908 

 2,411 



1,000 

 acres. 

 15 

 20 

 20 

 14 

 13 

 9 

 12 

 12 

 18 



Bush. 

 35.6 

 33.4 

 26.6 

 32.6 

 27.6 

 18.3 

 21.1 

 27.6 

 29.0 



1,000 

 bush. 1 

 528 

 666 

 524 

 453 

 367 

 168 

 251 

 322 

 522 



1,000 

 acres. 

 29 

 28 

 23 

 29 

 22 

 30 

 26 

 23 

 19 



Bush. 

 181.8 

 191.5 

 234.8 

 201.2 

 226. 2 

 162.4 

 190.8 

 163.5 

 205.3 



1,000 

 bush.z 

 5,283 

 5,410 

 5,514 

 5,869 

 4,952 

 4,809 

 4,989 

 3, 756 

 3,938 



1,000 

 acres. 

 47 

 78 

 63 

 56 

 51 

 43 

 79 

 70 



Bxish. 

 25.0 

 28.4 

 23.2 

 19.6 

 21.0 

 18.5 

 14.6 

 19.2 



1,000 

 bush. 3 

 1,168 

 2,199 

 1,459 

 1,099 

 1,063 

 795 

 1,154 

 1,356 

















1 Winchester bushels. 



2 Bushels of 60 pounds. 



3 Bushels of 20 pounds. 



Note. — For wheat, the original reports give the following, in imperial bushels (equivalent in trade cus- 

 tom to 60-pound units): 1910-11, 8,290,000; 1911-12, 7,261,000: 1912-13, 5.180,000; 1913-14, 5,232,000; 1914-15, 

 6,644,000; 1915-16, 7,108,000; 1918-17, 5,083,000; 1917-18, 6,80S,000; 1918-19, 6,568,000; 1919-20, 4,100,000. 



Table 65. — Number of live stock in New Zealand. 

 [Source: Government Statistician, Dominion of New Zealand, Wellington.] 



Date. 



Cattle. 



Swine. 



Sheep. 



Goats. 



Horses. 



1910 







24, 270, 000 

 23, 996, 000 

 23, 750, 000 

 24, 192, 000 

 24, 799, 000 

 24, 901, 000 



24, 788, 000 



25, 270, 000 



26, 538, 000 

 25, 829, 000 

 23, 915, 000 







1911 ! 



2, 020, 000 



349, 000 



6,000 



404, 000 



1912. 





1913 











1914 











1915 











1916 



2, 417, 000 

 2, 575, 000 

 2, 869, 000 

 3, 035, 000 

 3, 059, 000 



293, 000 

 284, 000 



259, 000 

 235, 000 



260, 000 



18, 000 

 18, 000 

 18, 000 

 17,000 



371, 000 



1917 



374, 000 



1918 



378, 000 



1919 



363, 000 



1920 



344, 003 









1 Census. 



