Dec. 1895.] 



REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



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The yield of wheat and rye was below the average, while the 

 oat crop and other kinds of cereals were above the average. An 

 ordinary supply of straw was obtained from the autumn crops, 

 and the supply from the spring crops was both abundant and of 

 good quality. The quality of fodder was also good, but the hay 

 was to some extent damaged by rain. The yield of flax and of 

 root crops was up to the average, but the potato crop suflered 

 from disease in several provinces. 



Crops in Manitoba. 



The statistics of the estimated acreage and production of 

 cereals in this province for 1895 were given in the September 

 number of the Journal for this year. According to the official 

 estimates the average yield of wheat for the province was 

 25^ bushels per acre. It is stated, however, that yields of 40 

 bushels per acre were by no means uncommon, and some limited 

 areas are reported to have yielded as mucb as 45 and even 

 50 bushels. It is believed, therefore, that the Government 

 estimate of 29,139,815 bushels will prove to be under the mark. 

 Frost is stated to have injured the grain to some extent in a 

 few districts, but the average quality of the crop will not be 

 materially aflected thereby. Potatoes and root crops are said 

 to have yielded abundantly this year. 



Crops in Ontario. 



The official estimates for 1895 of the cereal and other crops 

 in the province of Ontario have been published by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Toronto. Winter wheat was harvested 

 in good condition, but spring wheat and barley ripened unevenly, 

 and the straw in both cases was very short. The yield of oats 

 is estimated at about three bushels below the average, but there 

 seems to have been a splendid crop of rye, and more of it was 

 grown than usual. The following table gives the official estimates 

 of area and yield : — 





1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



Winter wheat - 

 Spring wheat - 

 Barley 

 Oats - 

 Rye - 



Acres. 

 743,199 

 223,957 

 478,046 

 2,373,309 

 120,350 



Acres. 



778,992 

 230,016 

 486,261 

 2,342,766 

 90,144 



Bushels. 

 13,254,452 



3,321,700 

 10,933,816 

 74,986,956 



1,832,614 



Bush(}]s. 

 16,512,106 



3,367,854 

 10,980,404 

 70,172,516 



1,386,606 



The yield of hay is stated to have ranged from a quarter of a 

 ton to two and a half tons per acre, but the majority of returns 

 were under one ton to the acre, and the average for the season 



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