.March 1896.] 



GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



445 



Live Stock and Dairying in Manitoba. 



In the official report of the Department of Agriculture at 

 Winnipeg, the export of beef cattle from Manitoba is stated to 

 have made wonderful strides during 1895, the actual number 

 shipped from the Province being 22,000 as compared with 11,000 

 in 1894. The average live weight price is said to be l^cl. 

 per lb. There are estimated to be 192,525 head of cattle, 35,766 

 sheep, and 59,457 swine in the Province. 



Dairying in Manitoba has developed into an industry of no 

 small importance; there were 52 cheese factories and 19 

 creameries in operation in 1895. The output of farm dairy 

 butter is estimated at 1,233,400 lbs. Over half a million pounds 

 of creamery butter were disposed of at about 8d. per lb., and 

 1,550,000 lbs. of factory cheese were sold at an average price 

 of nearly S^cL per lb. in the course of last year. 



Agriculture in Buenos Ayres. 



The Buenos Ayres Standard has recently published the 

 official results of the Agricultural Census which has been taken 

 in the province of Buenos Ayres during the past year. In the 

 following table these figures are compared with those obtained 

 from the Agricultural Census of 1888. 



Crop. 



1895. 



1888. 



Wheat . _ - - - 

 Maize _ - . - . 

 Barley - - - - - 

 Alfalfa hay - 



Acres. 

 1,015,454 

 1,844,137 

 73,445 



572,126 



Acres. 

 609,566 

 1,259,863 

 23,927 

 231,538 



The total cultivated area is now stated to be 3,775,701 acres, 

 as compared with 2,303,500 acres, which was the area returned 

 as under crops of all kinds in 1888. Of this area about 50 per 

 cent, is devoted to maize, 27 per cent, to wheat, and 15 per 

 cent, to alfalfa. Of these crops, alfalfa shows the greatest pro- 

 portionate increase, the acreage cropped being two and a half 

 times as much as in 1888, and the per-centage of the total airea 

 having increased from 10 to 15 per cent. The greatest actual 

 extension of area has, however, been in the corn crops. 



The number of cattle in this province is returned as less than 

 at the previous census, the numbers being 7,194,766 head as 

 compared with 8,482,483 head in 1888. The number of sheep 

 has not materially altered, being 52,206,672 in 1895 against 

 51,557,750 head in 1888. An analysis of the distribution of 

 live stock in the province tends to show, however, that the 



