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was 8,753,926 acres as compared with 8,8.35,272 acres in 

 1898. 



The following table shows the acreage and yield of the 

 principal crops with the relative figures for the previous year 

 and the average for the period 1882-99. 



Crop. 



Acreage. 



Yield. 



1899. 



1898. 



1882-99 



1899. 



1898. 



1882-99. 







• 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Autumn Wheat 





1,049,691 



1,048,182 



908,677 



14,439,827 



25,158,713 



18, 210,140 



Spring Wheat 





398,726 



389,205 



470,220 



7,041,3x7 



6,873,785 



7,247,187 



Barley 





49<> 5 374 



438,784 



622 598 



14,830,891 



12,663 668 



16,157,273 



Oats - . - 





2,363.77 8 



2.376,360 



1,930,221 



89,897,724 



86,858.293 



67,131,824 



Rye - - 





137,824 



165,089 



112,655 



2,284,846 



2,673,234 



1,823,170 



Buckwheat - 





132,082 



150,394 



100,640 



2,203,299 



2 ; 373,645 



1.945.086 



Potatoes 





168,148 



169,946 



160,060 



19,933,366 



14,358,625 



18.436,674 



The area under hay and clover was i\ million acres, which 

 yielded a crop of 3 j- million tons. The apple crop yielded 

 19,126,439 bushels, or an average of 3-02 bushels per tree of 

 bearing age ; the number of these trees was 6,324,842, and 

 there were 3,445,135 young trees in addition. 



The yield of tobacco was estimated at 2,241,562 pounds 

 from 2,206 acres, or 1,016 pounds per acre. Orchards and 

 gardens accounted for 338,073 acres, while there were 10,802 

 acres in vineyards. The smallest are as tabulated refer to flax 

 andhops, which in 1899 covered 7,103 and 1,146 acres respec- 

 tively. 



The animals enumerated in the province on the 1st J uly 

 last included 615,524 horses, 2,318,355 cattk> 1,772,604 sheep 

 and 1,97 1,070 swine ; these figures showing in each case a 

 considerable increase over those for the previous year. 



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