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To the Farmers of Canada, Hon. Martin Burrell, Minister of Agriculture 3 



Thanksgiving in England for Canadian Crops 4 



THE WAR AND FINANCE: 



Extracts from the Budget Speech of Sir Thomas White, Minister of Finance 5 



The National Income and Expenditure of the United Kingdom 7 



The Capital and Income of the British Empire 8 



The Nation's Need, British Bankers' Manifesto 10 



Cost of the War 12 



Belligerents' Borrowings 12 



Produce More; Save More, Sir Thomas White 13 



Trade of Canada; Summary for 1914, 1915 and 1916 13 



Canada's Foreign Indebtedness 14 



PRODUCTION IN 1915: 



The Farmers' Response, C. C. James 15 



How the Provinces Responded 16 



Saskatchewan's Big Year 17 



Alberta's Big Wheat Crop 18 



A Great Change 18 



Canada's Dairy Industry in 1915 19 



Field Crops of Canada in 1915 19 



Wheat Crops of Canada, 1910-15 21 



Wheat Exportable Surplus, 1915 21 



Field Crops of the United States, 1915 22 



Field Crops of England and Wales, 1915 23 



PRODUCTION IS CANADA'S DUTY WHILE EMPIRE IS AT WAR: 



Extracts from Addresses by Sir Thomas White 24 



Our Country's Need, C. C. James w 25 



The Farmer in 1916, M. Cumming 25 



We Must Have a Big Crop for 1916 26 



Patriotic Production 27 



The Situation in Manitoba, George Batho 28 



The Call of 1916, W. E. Scott 29 



Prospects in West, George Lane 29 



Fall Wheat and Fall Ploughing, acreage of 30 



FOOD SUPPLIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ...... 31 



Meat Consumption in 32 



Farm Products imported by— 1914, 1915 32 



Increase in Values of Foods imported by, — 1914, 1915 34 



Britain's Food Imports in War Time 35 



Big Purchases in United States 35 



Other Sources of Supplies » 35 



Canada's Share 36 



Values of Canadian Agricultural Exports to United Kingdom and United 



States 37 



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