The quality of the grain crops in 1915, as determined by the weight in lb. per 

 measured bushel, is, with the exception of one or two crops, superior to that of the 

 previous year and is also superior to the average of the last five years. 



Yield of Potatoes 



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 British Columbia. 



Value of Field Crops 



The values are estimated from local market prices as returned by the crop-reporting 

 correspondents of the Census and Statistics Office. 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 quinquennial average. Including the root and fodder 

 crops, the total value of the field crops of Canada in 1915 amounts to $797,669,500, 

 comprising grain crops $568,161,900, potatoes and sugar beets $36,739,500, and fodder 

 crops $192,768,100. 



Wheat, Oats, Barley and Flax in the Northwest Provinces 



In the three northwest provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the 

 production of wheat in 1915 is estimated at 342,948,000 bushels, as compared with 

 140,958,000 bushels in 1914; of oats at 334,840,600 bushels, compared with 150,843,000 

 bushels; of barley at 35,317,200 bushels, compared with 19,535,000 bushels, and flax 

 at 10,559,000 bushels, compared 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. 



WHEAT CROPS OF CANADA 



Area Total yield Total 



acres bushels value 



1910 , 8,863,151 132,049,000 $99,530,000 



1911 11,100,673 230,924,000 148,123,000 



1912 . . 10,996,700 224,159,000 139,090,000 



1913 11,015,000 231,717,000 156,462,000 



1914 10,293,900 161,280,000 196,418,000 



1915 12,986,000 376,303,600 312,569,400 



Yield Average price Value 



per acre to farmer per acre. 



1910 14.89 $ .75 $11.17 



1911 20.80 .64 13.31 



1912 20.38 .62 12.64 



1913 21.04 .67 14.10 



1914 15.67 1.22 19.12 



1915 28.98 .83U 24.15 



Exportable Surplus of Canadian Wheat, 1915 

 Based on an estimated yield of 376,303,600 bushels, the quantity available for 

 export out of the crop of 1915 is placed by the Census and Statistics Office at 

 264,173,300 bushels. 



The largest quantity of wheat previously exported from Canada in any one fiscal 

 year was 142,574,000 bushels in 1913-14. The quantity now estimated as available for 

 export is 121,599,200 bushels in excess of this amount, and represents about 70 per 

 cent, of the total estimated wheat production of Canada in 1915. Moreover, for the 

 first time, the Canadian wheat surplus proves more than sufficient to supply the annual 

 average wheat deficit of the United Kingdom, which, according to official calculations 

 published in the Journal of the English Board of Agriculture for September last, amounts 

 to 215,209,300 bushels. 



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