Reports on Foreign Crops. 



the time of seeding was about three weeks later than usual, 

 but reports indicated quick germination, and in all cases a 

 remarkable growth since seeding, so that general satisfaction 

 is expressed regarding crop prospects. 



With regard to the dairying prospects, the season opened 

 up very late, and was cold and backward. Feed was scarce, 

 and there was no grass for pasturage until the first week in 

 June, after which it was abundant. The prospects for cheese 

 and butter are, however, said to be good. 



Crops in Ontario. 



The official estimated yield of the principal crops grown in 

 the province of Ontario in 1899 was issued on the 1st August 

 last. The area under winter wheat, amounting to 1,049,691 

 acres, was nearly 150,000 acres over the average of the pre- 

 vious sixteen years; but the yield (14,201,314 bushels) was 

 more than four million bushels below the corresponding 

 average. The yield per acre was only thirteen-and-a-half 

 bushels in 1899, whereas it was twenty-four bushels in 1898. 

 The spring wheat crop produced 7,087,977 bushels on 398,720 

 acres, or 17*8 bushels per acre. The corresponding average 

 figures for the years 1882- 1898 were 7,259,297 bushels, and 

 474,432 acres, or 15-3 bushels per acre. The total estimated 

 wheat crop therefore amounted to nearly 2 1,290,000 bushels^ 

 The acreage under barley in 1899 was very much below the 

 average, viz. — 490,374 acres, compared with 630,376 acres. 

 The total yield was less — 14,622,922 bushels, compared with 

 16,235,295 bushels ; but the crop of 29*8 bushels per acre in 

 1899 was heavier than the average by exactly four bushels. 

 Oats were sown on 2,363,778 acres, and produced 89,542,162 

 bushels, or 37-9 bushels per acre. The corresponding area 

 for the period already indicated was 1,904,717 acres, and the 

 yield 65,792,653 bushels, or 34-5 bushels per acre. The acre- 

 age under rye in 1899 was 137,824 acres, which produced 

 2,271,382 bushels, or sixteen and a-half bushels per acre. In 

 the period 1 882-1 898 the average was 111,174 acres, and 

 1,796,013 bushels, or 16*2 bushels per acre. 



