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THE GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ. 



Production of oats in the year 1S91 in Manitoba. 



Production of barley in the year 1890 in counties of Minnesota lying 

 mainly within the Bed Biver Valley. 



^ Not reported. 



Production of barley in the year 1891 in counties of North Dakota lying 

 mainly within the Bed Biver Valley. 



Production of barley in the year 1S91 in Manitoba. 



Rye is only sparingly cultivated in this district. The total area of 

 this grain in the six Minnesota counties in 1890 was 423 acres, yielding 

 6,541 bushels, an average of 15.46 bushels per acre. In the six counties 

 of North Dakota 774 acres of rye were reported in 1891, with a yield of 

 about 19,139 bushels, or an average of nearly 25 bushels per acre. 



The season between the last severe frost of spring and the earliest in 

 autumn is often too short for the maturing of maize, or Indian corn, which, 

 therefore, will never be raised extensively in the Red River Valley. In 



