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Norman S. Ranlcin, Editor. 



General Agricultural Situation 



Compiled bv J. Dougall, General Agricultural Agent, 

 C.P.R., Montreal. 



The total yield of wheat for Canada for 

 1920 has now been fixed at 263,189,300 bushels 

 from 18,232,374 acres, as against 193,360,000 

 bushels from 19,125,968 acres in 1919 and 

 254,480,440 bushels from 16,342,969 acres, the 

 average for five years from 1915 to 1919, inclu- 

 sive. The yield from the Province of Saskat- 

 chewan was disappointing as the Province only 

 yielded 11.2 bushels of wheat per acre as against 

 13.75 estimated. The average yield for Canada 

 (wheat) is now given as 14.5 as against 10 

 bushels for 1919 and 15.5 for the 5 years' 

 average. 



The yield from oats is placed at 530,709,700 

 bushels from 15,489,928 acres, compared with 

 394,387,300 from 14,952,114 acres, 1919. The 

 average yield is 33.5 bushels compared with 

 26.25 in 1919 and 32 bushels for the 5 years' 

 average. 



Barley yield 63,310,550 from 2,551,919 acres 

 as compared with 56,389,400 from 2,645,509 

 acres in 1919; average yield per acre 24.75 for 

 1920, 20.25 for 1919, and 24.5 for the 5 years' 

 average. 



The potato yield of 133,831,400 bushels from 

 784,544 acres compared with 125,574,900 bushels 

 from 818,767 acres in 1919 and 86,692,620 bushels 

 from 633,937 acres, average 5 years. The yield 

 is the highest on record. 



The importance of the Western Provinces 

 as grain producers, and notably wheat, will be 

 noted when we see that out of a total wheat 

 crop of 263,189,300 bushels in 1920, 234,138,000 

 were raised west of the Great Lakes and in the 

 three great provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan 

 and Alberta; and it must be remembered that 

 all this is made up of various varieties of 

 hard wheat. The quality of the oat crop is 

 such that a strong demand for seed is apparent 

 from the United States. 



The World's Wheat Production in 1920 



It is estimated that the world's wheat crop 

 for 1920 will show 2,074,769,000 bushels com- 

 pared with 2,073,555,000 bushels for 1919. 

 North America produced 1,044,909,000 com- 

 pared with 1,134,247,000 bushels in 1919 and 

 1,070,330,000 the 5 years' average. It will be 

 seen that North America stands out prominently 

 as a producer of wheat. It is also noticeable 



that although North America shows a decrease 

 for 1920, yet Canada had a noticeable increase 

 263.189,000 for 1920 as against 193,189,000 for 

 1919 and as stated above, Canada's exports 

 of wheat are hard wheat. 



Below are the official figures for 1920 indi- 

 cated by those nations reporting to the Inter- 

 national Institute of Agriculture, corrected to 

 show Canada's fijial estimate: 



Europe: 



Countries 



Bushels 



France 230,416 



Italy 146,975 



134,457 

 61,600 

 41,190 

 10,688 

 9,050 

 3,586 

 276 



1920 1919 



(Last OOO's omitted) 



Spain 

 England, Wales 



Bulgaria 



Sweden 



Belgium 



Switzerland .... 

 Finland 



Total 



Asia and Africa: 



India. . 

 Egypt.. 

 Algeria. 

 Tunis. . 



Total. 



North America: 



United States. 

 Canada 



638,138 



376,880 



27,246 



13,902 



4,766 



422,794 



750,648 

 263,189 



Total 1,013,837 



Grand Total 2,074,769 



Bushels 



182,446 



169,771 



129,251 



63,808 



34,029 



9,509 



9,895 



3,524 



306 



602,539 



280,485 



30,137 



19,166 



6,981 



336,769 



940,987 

 193,260 



1,134,247 

 2,073,555 



The value of the Canadian field crop, as 

 estimated by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics 

 for the year 1920, shows a total of $1,455,244,350, 

 a new high record, and $3,000,000 over the 1919 

 figures, notable when we consider that wheat 

 has fallen 80c per bushel since 1919. 



Fortunes in Cattle 



The rapid rise from obscurity to wealth, 

 which so often follows in the wake of earnest 

 agricultural effort on the western prairies, would 

 read like fictional romances in any other country 

 but the Canadian West, where the natural 

 productivity of the land and luxuriance of 

 herbage, coupled with assiduity and intelligent 

 practice, have produced so many wealthy 

 agriculturists. So, if one instance is taken for 

 illustration here, it is not because it is excep- 

 tional, but rather because it is typical of a large 

 class. 



Frank Collicut has one of the most successful 

 ranches in Southern Alberta, a region of fine 

 and spacious ranches, and possesses what has 

 been termed possibly the most exceptional herd 



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