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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



spring wheat 60.31 lb., all wheat 60.19 lb., 

 oats, 36.61 lb., barley, 48.26 lb., rye, 

 56.32 lb., peas 60.74 lb., beans 59.61 lb., 

 buckwheat 48.02 lb., flax 55.28 lb., mixed 

 grains 44.98 lb. and com for husking, 

 56.32 lb. 



Root and Fodder Crops 1914 and 1915. 



— In 1914 the potato crop was a remark- 

 ably good one, and the average yield per 

 acre for the whole of Canada, viz., 180 

 bushels, was higher than in any year 

 since 1908, excepting only in 1909, when 

 the average was 193' bushels. In Ontario, 

 where the acreage under potatoes is larger 

 than in any of the other provinces, the 

 yield per acre in 1914, viz., 167 bushels, 

 was the highest ever recorded for the 

 province, whether by the Dominion or 

 Provincial Department. The total yield 

 of potatoes for Canada in 1914 was 

 85,672,000 _bushels from 475,900 acres. 

 But in 1915 the conditions were reversed. 

 Although the area sown, viz., 478,600 

 acres, was larger, the total yield did not 

 exceed 62,604,000 bushels, an average of 

 not more than 130.81 bushels, which was 

 lower than in any previous year except 

 1910 when it was 119.36 bushels. In 

 Ontario the average yield per acre was 

 •not more than 92.66 bushels, almost the 

 lowest yield of potatoes on record for the 

 province. In the other provinces the 

 potato yield was also poor, excepting in 

 Alberta and in British Columbia. In 

 Alberta the total yield was 5,155,000 

 bushels from 27,300 acres, an average of 

 188.84 bushels per acre, and in British 

 Columbia the yield was 3,956,000 bushels 

 from 16,000 acres, an average of 247.28 

 bushels. In both provinces the yield per 

 acre was higher than in any recent year. 

 In Alberta the yield was 211.64 bushels 

 in 1912, and in British Columbia it was 

 252.31 bushels in 1911. Turnips and 

 other roots for the whole of Canada 

 yielded 64,281,000 bushels from 172,700 

 acres, as compared with 69,003,000 

 bushels from 175,000 acres in 1914, the 

 yields per acre being 372.21 bushels in 

 1 9 1 5 , and 394. 30 bushels in 1 9 1 4. Of hay 

 and clover the yield in 1915 was 10,953,000 

 tons from 7,875,000 acres, or 1.39 ton per 

 acre; in 1914 the corresponding figures 

 were 10,259,000 tons from 7,997,000 

 acres, a yield per acre of 1.28 ton. Alfalfa 

 yielded 261,955 tons from 92,685 acres, 

 as compared with 218,360 tons from 

 90,315 acres in 1914, the average yield per 

 acre being 2.83 tons, compared with 2.42 

 tons. Fodder corn yielded 3,429,870 

 tons from 343,400 acres, as compared with 

 3,251,480 tons from 317,000 acres in 1910, 

 the average yield being 10 tons in 1915, 

 and 10>< tons in 1914. The yield of 



sugar beets was 141,000 tons from 18,000 

 acres, compared with 108,600 tons from 

 12,100 acres, the yields per acre being 

 7.83 tons in 1915 and 8.98 tons in 1914. 



Values of Field Crops 1914 and 1915.— 

 For all wheat in 1915, the average price 

 per bushel for the whole of Canada is 

 39 cents less than that of last year and 8 

 cents more than that of the annual average 

 for the five years ended 1914. The total 

 values of the principal grain crops of 1915, 

 compared with those of 1914 placed within 

 parentheses were as follows: Wheat, 

 $312,569,400 ($196,418,000); oats $176,- 

 894,700 ($151,811,000); barley, $26,704,- 

 700 ($21,557,000); rye, $1,899,900 ($1,- 

 679,300); peas $5,730,700 ($4,895,000); 

 beans, $2,206,800 ($1,844,300); buck- 

 wheat, $5,913,000 ($6,213,000); flaxseed, 

 $15,965,000 ($7,368,000); mixed grains, 

 $10,034,700 ($10,759,400); and com for 

 husking $10,243,000 ($9,808,000). In- 

 cluding root and fodder crops, the total 

 value of the field crops of Canada in 1915 

 amounted to $797,669,500, comprising 

 grain crops $568,161,900, potatoes and 

 sugar beets $36,739,500; and fodder 

 crops $192,768,100. The corresponding 

 values in 1914 were: Grain crops $412,- 

 353,000; potatoes and sugar beets $42,- 

 249,000 and fodder crops $183,978,300, 

 making a total of $638,580,300. 

 Grain Production of the NorthWest 

 Provinces, 1914 and 1915. — In the three 

 Northwest provinces of Manitoba, Sas- 

 katchewan and Alberta, the production of 

 wheat in 1915 wa^ estimated at 342,948,- 

 000 bushels, as compared with 140,958,000 

 bushels in 1914; of oats at 334,840,600 

 bushels as compared with 150,843,000 

 bushels; of barley at 35,317,200 bushels, 

 as compared with 19,535,000 bushels, 

 and flax at 10,559,000 bushels, as com- 

 pared with 7,083,000 bushels. The wheat 

 • production of 1915 in Manitoba was 

 96,425,000 bushels from 3,342,900 acres, 

 in Saskatchewan 195,168,000 bushels from 

 6,838,100 acres, and in Alberta 51,355,000 

 bushels from 1,563,700 acres. 



Tabtilar Presentation by Provinces. — 

 In the accompanying tables are given by 

 provinces the whole of the data available 

 for the field crops of 1914 and 1915. 

 Table I shows the area, yield, quahty 

 and value for these two years, as compared 

 with the annual average for the five years 

 ended 1914. Table III gives the total 

 areas and yields of wheat, oats, barley 

 and flaxseed in the Northwest provinces 

 for the years 1910 to 1915 and the annual 

 average for the five years 1910 to 1914; 

 and Table II shows the total areas and 

 values of the field crops of Canada for 

 the years 191Cf to 1915. These tables are 



