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Canadian Agriculture. 
import of wheat from Canada has been steadily falling off since 
1879, while since the same year the import from British India 
has been rapidly increasing ; for though the total quantity 
derived from India in 1884 was three million cwts. less than in 
the preceding year, yet the ratio to the total imports of wheat 
from all sources was in the two years practically identical ; but 
this reservation applies, of course, with equal force to the United 
States and Canada, for it will be seen that the aggregate import 
of wheat from all sources into the United Kingdom in 1884 
was less than in any of the preceding seven years. If, as is 
not unlikely, the home demands of the United States lead to still 
further restriction in the quantity of wheat she may have for 
exportation, the result may be not only a diminution in the 
power of the most formidable rival Canada has to meet in the 
English wheat market ; but it is even possible, as statements 
made in the first part of this paper seem to suggest, that at 
some perhaps not far distant time, the United States herself may 
become a wheat-importing country, and Canada would be in the 
best position to meet such a demand. It is evident enough that 
in the Dominion the cultivation of wheat on an extensive scale 
is moving westward ; the low average yield of, for example, the 
Province of Quebec — 9 to 10 bushels per acre — cannot fail to 
be discouraging in the face of recent low quotations. To what 
extent the wheat-growing capacity of Manitoba and the great 
North-west will be put to the test depends very largely upon the 
prospective market which the prairie-grown wheat is likely to 
command ; but I have already given my reasons why mixed 
farming rather than mere wheat-raising will probably prove to 
be the safer course for the prairie farmer to pursue. The 
variety of Red Fyfe Wheat, known as No. 1 Hard, which grows 
to such perfection on the soils of the Red River Valley and of 
more distant parts of the prairie, seems likely, on account of its 
excellent milling properties, which increase in favour as they 
become better known, to meet with an increasing demand ; and 
as wheat of this quality cannot be raised in the more southern 
latitudes beyond the international boundary, the farmers of the 
Canadian prairies are in possession of a monopoly which is 
likely to remain undisturbed. 
The rapid growth of the Canadian cattle-trade is remarkable, 
and though it has had the eflect of cheapening meat in the 
English market, it must nevertheless be remembered, that 
breeders at home have been distinctly benefited by the steady 
demand for pedigree stock of all kinds ; and this is a demand 
which is likely to continue. How potent and beneficent has 
been the influence of pedigree-stock taken out from Britain by 
Canadian breeders is sufficiently shown by the fact that the 
