EXPERIMENTAL WARMS 



2 GEORGE V... A. 1912 



grown mainly in Essex, Lambton, Kent and Elgin, and which covered an area in 1910 

 of 229,040 acres, there was produced 17,853,000 bushels. The yield per acre increased 

 from 59.61 to 59.7 bushels. The increase in the production of hay in Ontario is per- 

 haps the most important item we have yet enumerated, amounting in all to 1,976,000 

 tons, with an estimated value of $8,197,000. 



The following table gives the yields of the principal cereal crops in each province 

 in the Dominion for 1909 and 1910:— 



Eastern Provinces 



Yield per 

 Acre, 1909. 



Prince Edward Island :- 



Spring Wheat 



Oat- 



Barley 



If ova Scotia — 



Spring Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



New Brunswick — 



Spring Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Quebec — 



Spring Wheat 



Oats 



Barley , 



Ontario — 



Spring Wheat 



Winter n 



Oats 



Barley 



Bush. 



20 00 



33 70 

 27-61 



19 80 

 31-56 

 24-77 



20 15 

 27 87 

 29-26 



16 71 

 27 00 

 24 02 



17-45 

 24 24 



34 75 

 29 04 



Total Yield, 

 1909. 



Bush. 



522,000 



6,201,000 



169,000 



404,000 



4,358,000 



221,000 



395,000 



5,775,000 



94,000 



1,679,000 



42,501,000 



2,604,000 



2,176,000 



14,086,000 



109,192,000 



20,952,000 



Total Yield, 

 1910. 



Bush. 



615,600 



6,778,000 



159, 6' !0 



480,000 



5,723,000 



204,000 



371,000 



6,351,000 



73,000 



1,827,000 



48,927,000 



2,547,000 



2,429,000 



15,376,000 



128,917,000 



20,727,000 



Total grain yield, Ontario and Eastern provinces, in 1910, spring wheat, 5,722,600 

 bushels; winter wheat, 1-5,376,600 bushels; coarse grains, oats and barley, 220,466,600 

 bushels. 



Western Provinces (omitting British Columbia). 



Manitoba — 



Spring Wheat . 



Oats 



Barley 



S i skatchewan— 



Spring Wheat. 



Oats 



Bailey 



A Iberta — 



Winter Wheat. 



Spring m 



Oats 



Barley 



Total Yield, 

 1909. 



Bush . 



52,706,000 

 55,267,000 

 20,8'>0,000 



85,197,000 



91,796,000 



4,493,000 



2,009,000 



7,570,000 



38,376,000 



5, 999,000 



Yield per 

 Acre, 1910. 



Bush. 



Total Yield, 

 1910. 



Bush . 



41,159,000 



41,742,000 

 13,826,000 



81,139,000 



61,367,000 



3,598,000 



1,234,000 



5,359,000 

 23,644,000 



3,953,000 



Total grain yield west of Ontario (omitting British Columbia) in 1910: Spring 

 wheat, 127,657,000 bushels; winter wheat, 1,234,000 bushels; coarse grains, oats and 

 barley, 148,130,000 bushels. 



