CANTERBURY FARMING

Abstract

IN Canterbury there are just over 8 000,000 acres of occupied land, the major part of which consists of:- I. A grazing region of approximately 4,480,OOO acres of tussock and other native grasses. II. An arable region of approximately 2,720,OOO aeres, of which nowadays 600,000 to 700,000 acres annually are ln arable crops and the remainder in pastures which are ploughed up at n-regular intervals and used temporarily for the raising of annual crops. From the above data it follows that the area of sown pastures annually is just a little over 2,000,OOO acres.