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KEPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[Sept. 1895. 



well, especially in Venetia and Emilia, and in the western 

 districts, where potatoes also were expected to turn out an 

 abundant crop. 



Hay was everywhere abundant, and of excellent quality. 

 Vines had suffered generally from Peronospora, considerable 

 damage having been done by this fungus in vineyards in 

 Latium, Campania, Apulia, and Calabria. The reports as to the 

 condition of olives were generally satisfactory. 



Crops in Manitoba. 



The August bulletin published by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture and Immigration, Manitoba, gave the area under wheat in 

 1895 as 1,140,276 acres, as against 1,010,186 acres in 1894. 

 The greater part of this increase occurred in the South- Western 

 District, while the North Central District showed a slight 

 decline from the figures of last year. The acreage under cereals 

 in the different districts is shown below : — 



District. 



Wheat. 



Oats. 



Barley. 



North- Western . . _ . 

 South-Western _ _ . _ 

 North Central _ . - . 

 South Central . _ . _ 

 Eastern _ . _ - - 



Total, 1895 

 Total, 1894 



82,445 

 465,680 

 200,743 

 304,864 



86,544 



58,183 

 181,080 

 , 62,827 

 127,568 



53,000 



14,348 

 33,700 

 29,500 

 54,978 

 21,313 



1,140,276 

 1,010,186 



482,658 

 413,686 



153,839 

 119,528 



The area under all cereals showed an increase ; the only crop 

 exhibiting a decline in the Province being roots, which had 

 decreased from 7,880 acres in 1894 to 6,685 acres in 1895. Flax 

 showed a remarkable development, the area under this plant being 

 nearly trebled, there being 82,668 acres under flax, instead of 

 30,500 acres as last year. 16,716 acres were planted with 

 potatoes, as against 13,300 acres in 1894. 



Very heavy yields of cereals were expected. The total wheat 

 harvest was estimated at 29,139,815 bushels, representing an 

 average of 2 5 '5 bushels per acre for the whole province, while 

 oats and barley were expected to produce 21,887,416 and 

 5,507,310 bushels (45'3 and 35'8 bu-hels per acre) respectively. 

 The estimated total yield of flax was 1,240,020 bushels. Pota- 

 toes and roots promised welL Reports from different districts 

 placed the yield of hay at from I'l to 1*5 tons per acre from 

 prairie hay, and 1*3 to 2 tons in the case of cultivated grasses. 

 Continued rains had flooded the meadows so that it had been 

 impossible to cut them, though dry weather might still enable 

 farmers to secure their hay from this seurce after harvest. 



