4 GEORGE V. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



A. 1914 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1913 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



J. H. GRISDALE, B.Agr. 



NOTES ON THE SEASON'S CROPS. 



The figures given in the following tables are taken from the Census and Statis- 

 tics Monthly, issued by the Department of Trade and Commerce. 



The total area under field crops in the Dominion in 1912 was 32,449,000 acres, a 

 decrease of 404,074 acres from the total for 1911. This was due to the smaller area 

 in hay and clover, which was 426,000 acres less tban in 1911. In other crops there 

 were slight increases in area. 



The total value of all field crops grown last year, calculated at local market 

 prices, is set at $511,951,000, while, in 1911, the return was $565,711,600, calculated 

 on the same basis, a decrease of $53,760,600. 



This was caused by both lower yield and lower values in many cases. 



The tables below give the results in more detail. 



Comparison of Yields and Prices obtained for the years 1911-12. 



Crop. 



Fall wheat 



Spring wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye 



Peas 



Buckwheat 



Mixed grain 



Flax 



Beans 



Corn for husking 



Potatoes 



Turnips, etc .... 



Hay and clover. . 



Fodder corn 



Sugar beets 



Alfalfa 



16—1 



Average Yield 

 Per Acre. 



1911. 



Bush 



22 



20 

 37 

 28 

 18 

 15 

 22 

 29 

 11 

 19 

 59 

 143 

 373 



Tons 



1 

 9 

 8 

 2 



1912. 



Bush. 



20-99 



20 

 39 

 31 

 19 

 15 

 26 

 34 

 12 

 17 

 56 

 172 

 402 



37 



•25 



10 



06 



04 



34 



•38 



•92 



•40 



•5S 



19 



•51 



Tons. 



1-47 

 10 26 

 1074 



279 



Average Price 

 Per Bushel. 



1911. 



825 

 •611 

 ■364 

 •566 

 •774 

 •025 

 •641 

 •607 

 •507 

 •920 

 •648 

 ■60 

 ■23 



1155 

 484 



658 

 9 868 



1912. 



•84 

 •60 

 •32 

 •46 

 73 



126 

 •62 

 •59 

 •91 



2 20 

 •62 

 •39 

 •23 



11 07 

 474 

 5 00 



11 65 



Total 



Production. 



1911. 



Bush. 



26,014,000 



189,837,300 



348,187,600 



40,641,000 



2,694,400 



4,506,100 



8.155,500 



16,679,000 



12,921,000 



1,155,600 



18,772,700 



66,023,000 



84,933,000 



Tons. 



12,694,000 



2,577,200 



177,000 



227,900 



1912. 



Bush. 



16,396,000 



182,840,000 



361,733,000 



44,014,000 



2,594,000 



3,773,500 



10,193,000 



17,952,000 



21,681,500 



1,040,800 



16,569,800 



81,313,000 



87,505,000 



Tons. 



11,189,000 



2,858,900 



204,000 



310,100 



