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unproductive by drought, etc., and on this reduced area of 
1,457,390 acres the yield is only expected to amount to 74 
bushels per acre, or a total yield of 10,938,613 bushels. The 
dry weather in the early part of the summer, and rain at the 
beginning of July, have rendered the growth of the crop very 
irregular, so that until the wheat is threshed the above figures 
can only be regarded as estimates. With regard to oats 
and barley, 143,842 acres and 23,414 acres respectively of these 
crops were destroyed by drought; of oats, 429,108 acres are 
reported as producing 8,747,168 bushels, or over 20 bushel 
per acre; whilst 2,682,815 bushels of barley were obtained 
from 155,111 acres. 

CROPS IN ONTARIO. 
The official estimated yield of the principal crops grown in 
the province of Ontario in 1900 was issued on the 4th August 
last. The area under winter wheat, amounting to 1,068,640 
acres, is estimated to have produced 22,812,293 bushels, the 
yield per acre being 21°3 bushels, as compared with only 
thirteen-and-a-half bushels in 1899. The spring wheat crop 
produced 6,728,927 bushels on 376,905 acres, or 17'9 bushels 
per acre. The total estimated wheat crop therefore amounted 
to 29,541,000 bushels, against 21,481,000 bushels last year. 
The acreage under barley was 577,810 acres, and the total 
yield was 16,296,332 bushels, compared with 14,830,891 
bushels last year. Oats were sown on 2,398,834 acres, and 
produced 88,305,160 bushels, or 36°8 bushels per acre; in 
1899 the oats crop amounted to 80,897,724 bushels on 
2,363,778 acres. 

CROPS IN NOVA SCOTIA, 
A report on the crops and live stock in Nova Scotia was 
issued by the Provincial Government on the 18th July last. 
The publication is compiled from information supplied by 
Over 100 reliable correspondents selected from the most 
important agricultural districts. 
