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Reports on Foreign Crops. 



The Manitoba Harvest of 1899. 



The actual yield of wheat in Manitoba in 1899 as reported 

 by the Department of Agriculture in December last was 

 much less than the preliminary estimate of August. The 

 principal causes of this shrinkage are stated to be a period of 

 drought in August and the ravages of the Hessian Fly. The 

 damage from the latter cause was most serious in the Red 

 River Valley. 



The following table gives the final results of the harvest of 

 cereals, potatoes, and roots in the past year, together with the 

 figures for 1898 : — 



Crop. 



Area. 



Production. 



1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



1898. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Bubhels. 



Bushels. 



Wheat - 



1,629,995 



1,488,232 



27,922,230 



25,313,745 



Oats ... - 



575,136 



514,824 



22,318,378 



17,308,252 



Barley - - 



182,912 



158,058 



5,379,156 



4,277,927 



Potatoes- - 



19,151 



19.791 



3,236,395 



3,253,038 



Roots - 



10,079 



8,448 



2,670,108 



2,471,715 



The yield of flax was 304,920 bushels ; of rye, 64,340 

 bushels ; and of peas, 20,490 bushels. 



The returns of live stock in the province remained almost 

 stationary, the numbers being 102,655 horses, 220,248 cattle, 

 33,092 sheep, and 66,011 pigs. The number of beef cattle 

 exportedwas 12,000, and there were 25,000 yearlings consigned 

 to ranches in the North-West Territories and about 10,000 to 

 the United States. The production of dairy and creamery 

 butter during 1899 amounted to 2,357,049 lbs., and of factory 

 cheese to 848,587 lbs. 



The Ontario Harvest of 1899. 

 The official report on the harvest of Ontario for the year 

 1899 indicates that the total area cultivated in the province 



