REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 513 

 RECAPITULATION. 



Animals and animal products $ 779, 307 



Breadstufls, &c - 162, 554, 585 



Cotton, raw ] 97, 1 5, 204 



Miscellaneous products 21, 966, 1)22 



Total agricultural exports 530, 316, 'MS 



Total exports 724, 964, 852 



Per cent, of agricultural matter 74. 



ONTAKIO STATISTICS. 



The secretary of the Bureau of Industry of Ontario, Canada, Mr. A. 

 Blue, reports on the 1st of August continued improvement of the winter- 

 wheat crop, which in May was thought to be nearly ruined, audits har- 

 vesting in good condition, plump, hard, and bright. 



Equally favorable report is made of the spring wheat, except in the 

 northern and northwestern counties. The estimated area and product 

 are compared with estimates of last year. 



Description. 



1884. 



1883. 





Acres. 1 Bushels. 

 804,551 i 18,479,207 

 722,410 ! 13.251,137 



Acres. 

 1, 096, 206 

 586,410 



Bushels. 

 11, 644, 005 

 9, 726, 063 





Total 



1,586,061 : 31,730,344 



1, 682, 616 



21, 370, 068 





In some parts of the province barley was short, both in straw and 

 head, in consequence of drought, but the berry was plump and heavy. 

 Some samples are discolored by showery weather during harvest. The 

 oats crop promised to be satisfactory, though not equal to the excellent 

 crops of last year. Bye was nearly all harvested and the crop was gen- 

 erally good. Corn was unpromising, especially in those parts of the 

 province where it is most largely grown. With favorable conditions 

 for the remainder of the season the pea crop promises to be one of the 

 largest ever reaped in the province, and beans also promise well. Con- 

 dition of potatoes is above the average in quantity and quality, except 

 in Bruce County and portions of a few other counties. 



The hay and clover crops, which early m the season promised to be 

 very heavy, were somewhat impaired by frost at the end of May and by 

 drought in June; but they are pronounced a fair average in quantity, 

 while the quality is said to be excellent. 



Small fruits are generally abundant, and the same is true as to wild 

 fruits, but most others suffered so seriously from the frost in the last 

 days of May that the crop which had promised to be extraordinarily 

 large will hardly reach a low average, except along the westerly shores 

 of Lake Ontario or the shore of Lake Huron, and in the vicinity of 

 Lake Saint Clair and the Detroit Eiver. Of apples — the staple fruit — 

 there is hardly half a crop, except in the Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, 

 and Georgian Bay counties, and in Oxford, Brant, Perth, and some of 

 the counties on the Saint Lawrence. 



Pasture land was in fine condition early in the summer, and suffered 

 from drought in June and the early part of July, but was not so se- 

 verely parched as to prevent a prompt recuperation under the influence 

 of the rains of July. 



Live stock in general is described as in good health and condition. 

 33 A — '84 



