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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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FARMING, ARABLE - VEGETABLE INDUSTRY

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Home-garden Production

According to the 1956 Census, 60 per cent of the 563,052 inhabited private dwellings had a garden. Some gardens provided the following proportionate vegetable needs (other than potatoes).

Proportion of Needs Percentage of Total Specified
All 8.73
Three-quarters 4.41
One-half 8.40
One-quarter 10.33
Under one-quarter 18.40
Nil 49.73

(New Zealand Official Year Book, 1964)


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