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Canadian Agriculture. 
Field Products, Province of Quebec. 
Bushels. . 
Spring Wheat l,99Vi,815 
Winter Wheat 19,819 
Barley 1,751,539 
Oats 19,990,205 
Eye 480,242 
Peas and Beans 4,170,-156 
Buckwlieat 2,041,f57O 
Indian Corn 888,169 
Potatoes 14,873,287 
Turnips 1,572,476 
Otiier Roots 2,050,904 
Grass and Clover Seed 119,306 
And there were 1,614,906 tons of hay, the produce of 1,495,494 
acres, the average being 1*08 tons per acre. As there were 
224,678 acres in wheat, the yield shows the low average of 
9 bushels per acre. 
Farming in Quebec may be seen under two phases. There 
is the easy-going, comfortable, old-fashioned style of the French 
Canadians, very similar now, I imagine, to what it was a 
century ago ; and there is the improved and progressive farming 
of the Eastern Townships. These comprise such towns as 
Richmond, Sherbrooke, Compton, and others in the south of 
the Province near the New England Boundary. They are 
mostly English, having been originally settled by the United 
Empire Loyalists, who left the United States at the time of 
their separation from England, making enormous sacrifices to 
preserve their allegiance. Besides Indian corn, tomatoes, grapes, 
and other delicate fruits are ripened in the open air. Grazing 
and stock-raising are, however, the special features in the 
farming of this area. The rich grasses of the hill-sides and the 
clear streams help to make it a good dairying country, and 
some of the best butter produced in the Dominion is made here, 
while the cheese is of excellent quality. Butter and cheese 
factories are largely on the increase in Quebec, no less than 400 
new ones having been established in 1882. The Grand Trunk, 
Central Vermont, and other railways have opened up the 
townships for trade with Montreal and Quebec on the one side, 
and with the New England and New York States on the other, 
and these latter h.nve taken great quantities of dairy produce in 
recent years. It is an admirable district for raising stock, as 
the celebrity of the Hon. M. H. Cochrane's pure-bred herds at 
Compton testifies. With their facilities for grazing cattle and 
sheep on their undulating lands, the farmers of the Eastern 
Townships are pushing their way to the front in order to secure 
