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which will yield one ton of hay per acre will produce, in 

 arable culture, twenty bushels of oats ; a ton and a half 

 of hay, thirty bushels ; two tons, forty bushels, and so on. 

 Thus, I reckon that the several qualities of soil are such 

 that 



Tons of Bushels 



llay. of Oats. 



No. 1 will produce 2| or 50 per imperial acre. 

 No. 2 ... 2 ... 40 



No. 3 ... H ... 30 



No. 4 ... T ... 20 



No. 5 is supposed at present to be incapable of 

 cultivation. 



The whole available area of the province, therefore, 

 will produce, on its several soils : 



Tons of Hay. Bushels of Oats. 



First class, . 125,000 or 2,500,000 



Second class, . 2,000,000 ... 40,000,000 



Third class, . 10,425,000 ...208,500,000 



Fourth class, . 5,000,000 ... 100,000,000 



Total produce | 17j550j000 or 35 i j0 00,000 

 ot the province, J 



This is equal to an average produce, over the whole 

 available part of the province, of 1 J tons of hay, or 27 

 bushels of oats, per acre. Of course, the reader will 

 understand that I only speak of the natural food-produ 

 cing capability of the province, not implying that, at any 

 time, it is likely ever to be devoted solely and entirely 

 to the growth of hay and oats, but that the whole surface 

 is capable of yielding on an average 1J tons of hay, 27 

 bushels of oats, or their equivalent in some other species 

 of food. 



Now, allowing for the food of each human being, big 

 and little, 40 bushels, or 5 quarters of oats, such as this 

 colony produces ; for each horse, 4 tons of hay ; for neat 

 cattle, 2 tons ; and for sheep and pigs a quarter of a ton 

 each ; and supposing the relative proportions of human 

 beings and of various kinds of stock in the colony to 



