5 GEORGE V. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



A. 1915 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



mOR THE YEAR, E>mi:isra- MIARCH 31, 1914. 



EEPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



J. H. GRISDALE, B.Agr. 



CROP RETURNS AND LIVE STOCK CONDITIONS IN 1913. 



The following tables may prove of interest, as showing the average and total 

 yields of the main field crops of the Dominion for the years 1912 and 1913, and the 

 average yields and prices received therefor. In table II the average yields and 

 prices for the above years are compared for the eastern provinces, the prairie provinces 

 and British Columbia. 



In table III, the numbers of the various classes of live stock are given for the 

 five years 1909-1913, the Dominion being again divided for this purpose into the 

 eastern, prairie and western sections. 



A total estimated area under field crops of 35,375,000 acres produced returns 

 valued at $652,771,500 as compared with 35,750,000 acres under field crops in 1912 

 with a total yield valued at $556,344,100. 



The tables and other data given in this connection are compiled from figures 

 given by the Census and Statistics Monthly, issued by the Department of Trade 

 and Commerce. 



Table I. — Comparison of Yields and Prices obtained for the years 1912 and 1913. 



Crop. 



Average Yield 

 per acre. 



Average Price 

 per Bush. 



Fall wheat 



Spring wheat 



All wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye 



Peas 



Beans 



Buckwheat 



Mixed grains. . . . 



Flax 



Ckjrn for husking 



Potatoes 



Turnips, etc 



Hay and clover. 



Fodder corn 



Sugar beets 



Alfalfa 



16—1 



1912 



bush. 



20-99 

 20-32 

 20-38 

 39-29 

 31-24 

 1911 

 1.5 07 

 17-51 

 26-38 

 34-64 

 12-92 

 56-84 

 175-38 

 403-71 



tons. 



1-46 

 10-15 

 10-63 



2-84 



1913 



1912 



1913 



•80 



' -66 



-67 



-32 



•42 



•66 



111 



1^88 



•64 



•55 



•97 



•64 



•49 



•28 



per ton 



11-48 

 4-78 

 612 



11-85 



Total Production. 



1912 



1913 



20, 



203, 



224, 



391, 



49, 



2, 



3, 



10, 

 17, 

 26, 

 16, 

 84, 

 80, 



387,000 

 772,000 

 159,000 

 629,000 

 398,000 

 428,000 

 913,000 

 920.500 

 517.000 

 198,000 

 130,000 

 949,700 

 885,000 

 010,000 



tons. 

 12,117,000 



3, 0.37,. 500 

 201,000 

 285,700 



22,592,000 



209,125,000 



231,717,000 



404,609,000 



48,319,000 



2,300,000 



3,951,800 



800,900 



8,372,000 



15,792,000 



17,539,000 



16,772,600 



78,544,000 



66,788,000 



tons. 



10,859,000 



2,616,300 



148,000 



237,770 



