190 PEOPLE THE PROVINCE MAY SUPPORT 



remain as it is at present,* the above amount of produce 

 will feed a population of 



Men, women, and children, . 4,200.000 



Horses, . . . 600,000 



Cattle, . . . 2,400,000 



Sheep and pigs, . . 5,000,000 



But the cattle, sheep, and pigs are reared for human 

 food, and I have estimated the yearly increase of the 

 above numbers of cattle, sheep, and pigs, to be able to 

 feed about one-third as many people as the vegetable food 

 will sustain.&quot;)&quot; Thus, the province, according to these cal 

 culations, is capable of sustaining 



Men, Avomen, and children, . 5,600,000 



Horses, .... 600,000 



Cattle, .... 2,400,000 



Sheep and pigs, . . . 5,000,000 



The agricultural capabilities of the province, therefore, 

 instead of being small, and limited to the support of a 

 paltry population of a few hundred thousand only, are 

 absolutely large, and fitted to raise food for several 

 millions of people. 



But the other opinion to which I have adverted, as to 

 the abundance of fossil fuel in the province, interferes 

 here with our calculation, and assumes an agricultural 

 aspect of which it does not, at first sight, appear capable. 



In the above calculation, it has been assumed that the 

 whole of the available land is employed in the production 

 of food, either for man or beast. In that case, the 

 supply of timber from the five millions of acres of waste 

 land, might yield all that was wanted for building and 

 other domestic purposes, and for shipping. And if, 



* Supposed at present to be 



Men, women, and children, . . 210,000 



Horses and cattle, .... 150,000 



Sheep and pigs, . . . 250,000 



t The mode in which this result is arrived at is detailed in my 

 Report on the Agricultural Capabilities of New Br-unswick, p. 30. 



