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relatively to other products of Canada, may be gathered from the 
following statements of the average total values of products in thou- 
sands of dollars. 


Products Value Per cent of 
total 
Thousand dollars p.c. 
ENG ri CU GUE eshte NN Ne Arete Me ene 1,400,000! 47 
D AV AIN Oy shea che RAE aS nee eS or 70,000 2 
Forestry, (including skins and furs of wild 
AUITTialS) ET M ET ner Eh 177,000 6 
RASRETICS RS AN EURE Pont PME AE ie ge 33,000 1 
INDE SSS PR Sse hla Sa silat fe ce ME brad 130,000 4 
WMieimtfaceunese sushi. In MMS, eae ees 1, 200, 000 40 
AO CARRE aT Ee PAR A M A 3,010,000 100 



“This statement shows that the value of agricultural and dairy- 
ing products taken together, amounts to about fifty per.cent of the 
total, whilst it must be remembered that with regard to manufactures, 
which account for forty per cent of the total, there are included 
substantial values for numerous items of raw materials which also 
come under the heading of agricultural products.” 
These statistics, I think you will agree with me, amply testify 
that my statements with regard to the position that agriculture 
holds in the Dominion are not exaggerations, but the plain and sober 
truth. 
If then we are agreed on this point, it will be obvious that all 
reasonable effort should be made to encourage and assist this national 
industry, by the education in agricultural matters of those upon the 
land and of those who will be the future farmers of our country, by 
practical demonstrations of methods of proven worth and by investi- 
gation to advance our knowledge in the science of agriculture and 
establish principles of fundamental importance and wide application. 
It is a matter of national congratulation that our governments, 
Federal and Provincial, have recognized their responsibilities and 
opportunities in this connection and have given in recent years gener- 

1 This includes the total value of farm livestock in Canada on December 31st, 
1915, and therefore this figure involves a certain error, since it has been obtained by 
adding together field crop production and livestock capital. The annual increase 
in livestock value is not obtainable and this fact adds largely to the difficulty always 
experienced in estimating the total net annual production of Canadian agriculture. 
