io8 Bounties on Flax and Hemp in France, [may, 



The Department of Agriculture of the North-West Territories 

 of Canada have published the following- 

 Crops in the statistics of the principal grain crops for 

 North- West 



Territories tne ^ ear compiled from returns 



made to the Department by threshing 

 machine operators: — 



Crop. 



Area. 



Production. 



1903. 



1902. 



1903. 



1902. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Spring Wheat ... 



837,234 



625,758 



16,029,149 



13,956,850 



Fall Wheat 



3' 440 





82,420 





Oats 



440,662 



3io,367 



14,179,705 



10,661,295 



Barley 



69,667 



36,445 



1,741,209 



870,417 



Flax 



32,431 



17,067 



292,853 



158,185 



The average yield per acre of spring wheat in the Territories 

 over a period of six years has been 19*42 bushels, and the pro- 

 duction last year was very slightly below this figure. For barley 

 the six-year average was 25*36 bushels and for oats 34*32 bushels, 

 per acre. 



In order to encourage the cultivation of flax and hemp in 



France, bounties based on the area cultivated have been paid 



since 1892. The sum allotted annually 



Bounties on Flax f or tn j s p Urp0 se has been 2,500,000 francs 

 and Hemp in , r . ' _ , 



France. (£100,000), the rate of bounty being fixed 



by the Ministry. From 1893 to 1898 no 



bounty was paid unless the surface cultivated was one-tenth of 



an hectare (about one-fourth of an acre), but in the latter year 



the minimum was reduced to 8 ares (956 square yards). The 



amount of the bounty has varied from year to year ; in 1898 it 



was 95 francs per hectare (30s. gd. per acre) and in 1903 it only 



amounted to 66 francs per hectare (21s. 4d. per acre). 



By a law dated March 31st, 1904, the subsidy of 2,500,000 



