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Reports on Foreign Crops. 



Crops in New South Wales. 

 In the "Statistical Register" of New South Wales, Part 

 IX. for 1900, statistics are given dealing with agriculture in 

 that Colony for the past and previous seasons. The following 

 table shows the general results of the harvest for the year 

 ended 31st March, 1901, with similar information for the 

 previous year. 



It will be observed that wheat is more extensively culti- 

 vated in the colony than any other crop. The yield of this 

 cereal for 1 900-1 was greater than that recorded for any of 

 the previous nine years, and exceeded the aggregate produc- 

 tion of 1 899- 1 900 by 2,500,000 bushels. 







Area. 



Production. 



Description of Crop. 























1 900- 1. 



1 899- 1 900. 



1 900-1. 



1899 -1900. 







Acres. 



Acres. 



Bushels, 



Bushels. 



Wheat - 





1,530,609 



1,426,166 



16,173,771 



13,604,166 



Maize - 





206,051 



214,697 



6,292,745 



5,976,022 



Barley - 





9,435 



7,154 



114,228 



132,476 



Oats 





29,3^3 



29.125 



593,548 



627,904 









Tons. 



Tons. 



Potatoes 





29,408 



34,968 



63,253 



8i,337 



Sugar Cane 



/'Cut this year 



10,472 



9,435 



199,118 



170,509 



\Not cut this year 



1 1,642 



13,082 













Galls. 



Galls. 





fFor wine-making 



4,534 



4,602 | 



"""89 1, 190 

 Tons. 

 4,214 



'739,668 



Grape Vines-! , , , 



^ | bor table use 



2,689 



2,592 



Tons. 

 3,652 





\,Not bearing 



1,218 



1,084 













Cases. 



C ses. 



Oranges 



f Productive 



11,013 



10,928 



540,523 







(Not bearing 



3,952 









* In addition, 11,170 galls, of brandy were made in 1900-1 and 9,624 galls, in 

 1 899- 1 900. 



The live stock census was taken on the 31st of December 

 of last year. The returns showed that there were 481,000 

 horses, 1,983,000 cattle, 40,021,000 sheep, and 257,000 

 swine in the colony at the date of the enumeration. The 

 numbers of each description of live stock have, of recent 

 years, shown a tendency to decline; and this is especially 

 noticeable in the case of sheep, whose numbers are now over 

 20,000,000 less than they were in 1891. 



