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STATISTICS OF WHEAT CULTURE. 



the Provincial growers. The following tables of averages set this in a clear 

 point of view : 



AVERAGE PRICES OF GRAIN PER BUSHEL AND PER QUARTER. 



Wheat 



Barley 



Oats 



Rye 



Buckwheat 



Indian Corn 



Potatoes 



Turnips 



Eng. Hay 



Carrots 



Man. Wurtzel 



Marsh Hay 



Per Bushel. 

 7s. 6d. 

 4 2| 



2 

 4 10 



3 9 



4 8 



ROOT CROPS AND HAT. 



Per Quarter. 

 60s. Od. 

 33 8 

 16 

 38 8 

 30 

 37 4 



Is. lid. per hushel. 



1 2 



49 per ton. 



2 5 per bushel. 

 2 1 



20 per ton. 



AVERAGE MONEY VALUE OF AN ACRE OF EACH CROP. 



On a review of the foregoing and other tables, Professor John- 

 ston has drawn the following conclusions : 



" That grain and roots generally can be raised more cheaply in the Province 

 of New Brunswick than in New York, Ohio, or Upper Canada ; and that the 

 Province ought to be able to compete with those countries and drive them from 

 its home markets." 



Such are the deductions of a skilful and scientific, practical 

 and theoretical agriculturist, from the statements furnished by 

 the most enterprising and successful of .our colonists.. Never- 

 theless, I cannot conceal a doubt whether all the elements of 

 comparison have been duly weighed. The result, especially as 

 regards wheat, is so contrary to pre-conceived opinions, that 

 further investigations should be made. Is it not possible that, 

 while an equality of expense in preparing the land for a wheat 

 crop appears to have been assumed, the great care and expense 

 necessary in New Brunswick to prepare the land, and an occa- 

 sional succession of minimum returns would, to a very con- 

 siderable extent, account for the supposed discrepancy ? 



Wheat has, from time immemorial, been a staple crop in the 

 plains of Northern India, and especially in the Punjaub. The 

 climate and soil are well fitted for this cereal, but owing to 

 .defects and carelessness in the agriculture and harvesting, the 

 crops, though excellent, fall short of what most corn-growing 

 countries produce. Further owing to foul boats and granaries, 

 and to the moist heat of the months immediately succeeding 



