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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIBNCH. 
It should be observed that if the cost of the seed is deducted from 
the total costs, where the farmer saves his own seed, the quantity of 
the seed should be deducted from the yield. 
Increased Miscellaneity of Agricullural Production. 
The process which was noticed in the conclusion quoted above 
as having manifested itself during the years preceding 1904—viz., 
the 
increase in the miscellaneity of agricultural production—has been very 
conspicuous in the more recent period, as is shown by the following 
table. 
sbi of Ac rage sown in Wheat to Total Acreage under Grain Crops. } 
| Wheat 
| Other crops 
| 1905 | 1906 1907 | 1908 1909 
I ) 
| 62°56 63:96 | 6068 59:20 5544 
| 87 44 3604 | 39°32 40°80 4456 
| 
| 2 Bae [ss 
| 
| 100-00 100-00 | 100:00 100-00 | 100-00 | 
Reference to similar calculations in the report of 1904 will show 
that this decline in the proportion of wheat crop area to the total 
cultivated area has continued since 1900, with two slight retardations, 
one in 1903 and the other in 1906. 
It is to be observed that the crop which has shown the greatest 
proportional increase is oats. 
This is exhibited in the following table. 
Percentage of each crop in relation to the Total Area under the following crops. 
1905 ( 
1909 | 
Man. | Sask. | Alta. | Total ef Man. | Sask. | Alta. ‘Total | 
| Whea 63-73 | 6890 25:85 6256 “B731 | 59-11 | 27-54 | 65544 | 
Oats 24-86 | 27-43) 58:38 | 27-79 2837) 3312 5866 3357 | 
Barley 10-42 | 201 | 1559] 855 || 1420) 3:56) 13:31) 8-72 | 
Flax 060 154 Oe oa el 0) ak | Sa 
Rye ONG he 7 ee O11 | 010) — | 049; 0:09 | 
Peas OFC Baer a ese 0:03 | O02) nal punme 
Speltz — | O12) 0:04 0 03 | fe — 
Corn argh eee Se ke Ol | Bis ee ee 
jt stu) ie Ad et Tas 
100.00 | 100-00 | 100-00 100-00 i 100/00 10000 , 100-00 100-00 
The increase in the absolute and in the proportional production of 
oats is due chiefly to the great amount of railway construction which 
has been going on in the three provinces during the past five years, 
and to a less degree to the immigration of new settlers. 
Both of these 
circumstances have involved greatly increased use of horses, and the 
relatively high prices obtainable for oats has constituted a strong in- 
ducement for the farmer to cultivate that crop. 
It will be observed 
The percentages are based upon the statistics of the Departments of Agri- 
culture ot the three prairie provinces respectively. 
* Cf. Report, 1904, p. 57. 
