March 1896.] REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



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As regards the condition of the crops at the end of .January, 

 the index number 100 was applied to 35 departments : 47 

 departments ranged from 99 to 80 ; and the crops of the remain- 

 ing five departments were classed as follows : — Vosges, 75 ; 

 Jura, 70 ; Haute-Saone and Lot-et-Garonne, 60 ; and Aveyron, 

 55. 



Harvest in Manitoba in 1895. 



According to the final ofiicial reports of the results of the 

 harvest in Manitoba j the actual outturn of grain from the 

 machine shows a general increase in the yield per acre of wheat 

 over the large estimates given in the August report. The 

 following tables give a summary of the yields of the principal 

 crops of the Province : — 



Crops. 



Acreage. 



Production. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 1 1894. 



Wheat - - - - 

 Oats . - - - 

 Barley - - - - 

 Potatoes - - -- 



Acres. 

 1,140,276 

 482,658 

 153,839 

 16,716 



Acres. 

 1,010,186 

 413,686 

 119,528 

 13,300 



Bushels. 

 31,775,038 

 22,555,733 

 5,645,036 

 4,042,562 



Bushelb. 

 17,172,883 

 11,907,854 

 2,981,716 

 2,035,336 



The wheat crop, which exceeds that of the previous year by 

 over 80 per cent., is said to have enabled farmers to sell sufficient 

 grain to pay off pressing liabilities, while still holding the 

 greater part of the crop. The oat crop is stated to have been 

 fully matured and very heavy. In past years, it is observed, 

 farmers have invariably sold short of wheat and even of coarse 

 grains, not having enough on hand during the following summer 

 to feed hogs and poultry properly. The surplus of wh at and 

 coarse grains this year will materially change conditions in the 

 coming season, when the proceeds of the grain fields will be 

 marketed as food products in the form of cattle, hogs, poultry, 

 and dairy produce. Owing to the protracted harvest, caused by 

 the heavy v*^ork entailed, the amount of land prepared for next 

 year's wheat crop is much below the average. 



Harvest and Live Stock in Ontario in 1895, 



The official estimates of the yield of crops in Ontario in 1895, 

 which were quoted in the last number of this Journal, are now 

 stated to have been generally confirmed, the grain being well up 



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