The farmers of Alberta made a fitting response to the call for increased production 

 during the year 1915. They reaped not only the moral reward of having contributed 

 to the Empire's needs, but they also secured a higher material reward than commonly 

 results from their labour. 



— H. A. Craig, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Alberta. 



British Columbia — This province readily responded to the slogan, resulting on 

 the whole in an increased area in field crops. In crop yields and in the production of 

 live stock an even greater proportionate increase is shown. 



— A. B. Tweddle, Assistant Statistician. 



Nova Scotia — Grain and roots fell 20 per cent, short in yield per acre, and only 

 the increased acreage, the result of the "Patriotism and Production" campaign, is 

 responsible for filling the grain bins and the root cellars. The year witnessed a 40 per 

 cent, increase in dairy production. 



— M. Cumming, B.A., B.S.A., Secretary for Agriculture. 



New Brunswick — The campaign conducted in the interests of increased pro- 

 duction was well received and had considerable effect. Prices for all farm products have 

 been well maintained, and the farmers find themselves in excellent financial condition. 



Live stock men were active, and more pure-bred stock changed hands or was 

 imported than in any two recent years. 



The farmers of the province have entered upon the second year of the war with 

 the firm determination to do their part until the end. Hundreds of young men have 

 left the farms to join the colours, and the province is facing a labour shortage, but 

 ways and means will be found to meet the demand and keep production up to the 

 standard. 



— J. B. Daggett, Secretary for Agriculture. 



SASKATCHEWAN'S BIG YEAR 



One would naturally expect a Canadian province to increase her production of 

 grain in war time, but the Province of Saskatchewan surpassed itself in 1915. Those 

 interested in Canadian matters, will perhaps recall that 1914 saw Southwest Saskatche- 

 wan and Southern Alberta suffering from drought with consequent crop loss, so that the 

 astonishing yields of the 1915 grain crop over the same area possess added interest. 

 It was a common occurrence for oats in Saskatchewan to yield over 100 bushels to the 

 acre, and wheat anywhere from 40 to 60 bushels per acre. At Rosetown for instance, 

 J. G. Carruthers had a fifteen acre field of oats that gave an average yield per acre 

 of 116 bushels. In the same district H. Macey grew 110 acres of wheat which yielded 

 him 52 bushels per acre, or 5,720 bushels in all. Going south we find that John Neigel 

 at Prussia, with 420 acres of wheat had an average yield of 47.6 bushels. At Lancer, 

 Ernest Lipsit harvested 570 bushels of wheat from ten acres. At Webb, A. D. Spooner 

 saved 6,776 bushels of wheat off 150 acres. At Rosthern, Seager Wheeler— but most 

 people in the wheat world know what he has done, so it is hardly necessary to mention 

 that this year he again won the World's Championship at Denver for best hard wheat. 



According to Provincial Government data, the average yield of wheat per acre in 

 Saskatchewan was 25.2 bushels, while the south-western part of the province gave an 

 average yield of 31 bushels. Dealing with the crop en bloc, we find Saskatchewan 

 produced 173,723,775 bushels of wheat, most of it of high grade. Oats, too, did exceed- 

 ingly well, and if we base "the value to producer on the farm" on October- November 

 prices (December prices were better, but not yet compiled) for wheat and oats alone, 

 the Saskatchewan farmer is two hundred million dollars to the good. Throwing the 



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