Reports on Foreign Crops. 



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The number of cattle exported during the year 1897 

 amounted to 31,500, of which 15,000 were beef cattle. The 

 number of hogs shipped from Manitoba alive or dressed 

 was 12,500, and the number received by Winnipeg packers 

 and butchers amounted to 25,000. It is estimated that, 

 owing to the ever increasing demands in the North-West, 

 every hog raised in the province will henceforward find a 

 ready market in Winnipeg. The demand for poultry is 

 larger than the home supply, which amounted last year to 

 47,540 turkeys, 20,000 geese and ducks, and 184,055 chickens. 

 The quantity of creamery butter produced in the year was 

 987, 1 79 lbs., and of cheese 987,007 lbs. 



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