

Agricultural & Jnbtutrial Progrrax in (Canada 

 Published Monthly. Free on request. 



It mil be appreciated by the Department if editor} and 

 writers urwif matter from this Bulletin will quote source. 



Norman S. Rankin, Editor of Publications. 

 E. L. Chicanot, Astt. Editor. 



from the previous number plus the newly 

 amended lines. 



The statistics are all Government figures 

 except where other dependable authorities are 

 referred to in the explanatory text. 



General Agricultural Situation 



By J. Dougattand T. 5. Acheson. General Agricultural 

 Agents, C.P.R., Eastern and Western Lines. 



Harvesting conditions throughout Canada 

 during the month of August were, on the whole, 

 satisfactory. Weather conditions have been 

 somewhat unsettled, resulting in threshing and 

 cutting operations being delayed to some extent. 

 No damage is reported so far. The previous 

 estimates of a good crop throughout the Dom- 

 inion are substantiated by reports received from 

 all points. The district in the northern part of 

 Saskatchewan and Alberta which was short of 

 moisture in the early part of the month received 

 welcome rains, and crops which looked as though 

 they would produce little are now estimated to 

 give a fair yield. 



It is difficult at this time to give a fair 

 average of the crop, as threshing has not advanced 

 sufficiently, but the Federal Bureau of Statistics 

 gives the following bushel estimate of the crop 

 for the three Prairie Provinces: Wheat 297,781,- 

 000 (280,098,000); oats, 304,869,000 (284,147,- 

 500); barley, 45,473,000 (44,681,600); rye, 35,- 

 073,000 (19,109,700); flaxseed, 4,360,000 (3,945,- 

 700). 



Manitoba Wheat, 53,444,000 (39,054,000); oats, 73.- 

 028,000 (49,442,500); barley, 24,534,000 (19,681,600); rye, 

 4,240,000 (3,564,700); flaxseed, 611,000 (544,700). 



Saskatchewan Wheat, 175,100,000 (188,000,000); oats, 

 154,669,000 (170,5 13,000); barley, 10,209,000 (13,343,000); 

 rye, 27,893,000(13,546,000) ; flaxseed, 3,561, 000 (3,230,000). 



Allxsrta Wheat, 69,237,000 (53,044,000); oats, 77,172,- 

 000 (64,192,000); barley, 10,730,000 (11,657,000); rye, 

 2,940,000 (1,999,000); flaxseed, 188,000 (171,000). 



The figures within brackets represent the finally 

 estimated yields of 1921. 



British Columbia Generally speaking conditions con- 

 tinue to improve in so far as the apple crop is concerned. 

 Other crops have also shown improvement due to rain. 



Alberta Threshing is in full swing throughout the 



province. Rains have fallen during the latter part of the 



month in the Northern districts, which have materially 



improved the outlook. The feed situation is also much 



better. 



Saskatchewan Late crops are coming along splendidly. 



Threshing is general, many districts reporting operations 



completed. Generally speaking the crop has turned out 

 satisfactorily. The Provincial Department of Agriculture 

 in its latest crop report gives the average yield of wheat as 

 20 bushels per acre. 



Manitoba Weather conditions have been uncertain and 

 rains have delayed threshing operations, but on the whole 

 the crop is coming along very well. So far samples show 

 good, clean crop. 



Ontario Harvesting operations in Ontario are about 

 complete. The crop has been the most satisfactory for 

 years. The frjit districts also report good yields, the 

 apple crop being above the average. 



Quebec Harvesting has been more or less delayed during 

 the month owing to inclement weather, but no damage 

 reported to date. 



Maritime Provinces Reports from these provinces 

 indicate that all crops are doing well, and while reports of 

 "misses" in the potato crop are recorded, yet generally 

 speaking conditions are satisfactory. 



Quebec's Colonization Scheme 



In 1920 the government of the Province of 

 Quebec set aside the sum of five million dollars 

 for the purposes of colonization and it is already 

 setting about the expenditure of this money and 

 making a serious bid for settlers on its rich 

 unproductive tracts. Believing from its past 

 experience that in the work of colonizing new 

 lands there must be a certain amount of pre- 

 paratory work so that the settler avoids the 

 rigors and hardships of pioneering and is in a 

 position to become productive and of greater 

 value to the province in a much shorter time, 

 the provincial government is blazing the way 

 for the settlers who will occupy the lands in the 

 spring of 1923. 



This preparatory work surpasses the already 

 generous arrangements of the government in 

 its encouragement of agriculture in the province. 

 Some millions of acres of farm lands have been 

 set aside for the use of farming settlers which 

 the government will sell to such at a minimum 

 price of from 20c. to 60c. per acre. A few very 

 easy conditions are imposed upon the purchaser 

 in order to assure cultivation of the land. It is 

 not sufficient to merely work the land ; it must be 

 cultivated according to the most approved 

 methods. To ensure this the government has 

 established schools of agriculture, co-operative 

 societies, experimental stations, demonstration 

 fields and farmers' clubs, and has expended 

 nearly a billion dollars in agricultural subsidies. 

 Not only does the provincial government sell 

 its land at very low prices, but it does everything 

 possible to improve it, providing for the con- 

 struction of roads, bridges and other public 

 works. 



The Beautiful Ma taped ia Valley 



The new colonization project, however, goes 

 further than this. It has regard to the Canton 

 of Langis, in the Matapedia Valley, in the Gaspe 

 peninsula, just north of the territory of New 

 Brunswick. The valley of the Matapedia, a 

 river which flows from a lake of the same name 



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