Reports on Foreign Crops. 



The following table gives the final result of the harvest, 

 together with the figures for 1897 : — 



Crop. 



Area. 



Produce 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 







Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Wheat - - - - 



1,488,232 



1,290,882 



25,313,745 



18,261,950 



Oats 



514,824 



468,141 



17,308,252 



10,629,513 



Barley ----- 



158,058 



153,266 



4,277,927 



3,183,602 



Potatoes - . - _ 



19,791 



13,576 



3,253,038 



2,033,298 



Roots ----- 



S,448 



6,130 



2,471,715 



1,220,070 



The yield of flax was 350,000 bushels ; of rye 63,860 bushels ; 

 and of peas 31,1)80 bushels. 



The number of live stock in Manitoba, according to the 

 latest statistics, included 227,097 cattle, 32,053 sheep, and 

 69,648 swine. These figures show a decrease in sheep and 

 swine, and it is stated that the high price of wheat in 1897 

 and 1898, and the scarcity of coarse grains, were prejudicial 

 to the hog industry. 



The season was a favourable one for the manufacture of 

 cheese and butter. 



Crops and Live Stock in Cape Colony. 



The results of the harvest of Cape Colony for the year 

 ending May 31st, 1898, have been published in the Agricul- 

 tural and Live Stock Returns of that Colony, and the yields 

 of the principal crops are given in the table below 

 (excluding Transkei and Bechuanaland). 



With regard to live stock, cattle show a very large decrease, 

 the number in 1898 being returned at 855,326 head as com- 

 pared with 1,231,147 in the preceding year. Sheep also 

 decreased from 11,851,477 to 10,780,609, the decline being 



