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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — CANADA
Potatoes
Flax
Hay and Clovei
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Bushels
Acres
Tons
Ontario
158,000
23,962,000
21,000
224,000
3,531,000
4,459,000
Quebec
311,000
57,633,000
16,000
184,000
4,290.000
5,363,000
Nova Scotia
50,000
10,209,000
—
—
632,000
948,000
New Brunswick
78,000
15,510,000
—
—
726,000
872,000
Manitoba .
37,000
3,410,000
146.000
1,158,000
209,000
312,000
P. K. Island
30,000
6,175,000
—
—
243,000
304,000
British Columbia
18.000
2,934,000
—
—
127,000
254,000
Alberta
43,000
7,138,000
104,000
726,000
384,000
499,000
Saskatchewan .
54,000
6,861,000
1,141,000
5,705,000
235,000
328,000
Total Canada
78i,000
133,832,000
1.428,000
7,997,000
10,379,000
13,339,000
Other products in 1920 :—
Total Canada
Bushels
Rye ....
650,000
11,306,000
186,000
3,528,000
Beans ....
72,000
1,265,000
Buckwheat .
378,000
8,995,000
Mixed Grains
812,000
32,421,000
Corn, husking
292,000
14,335,000
Turnips <fc other roots. Sugar Beets .
290,000 36,000
116,391,000 Tons 412,000
Fodder Corn
589,000
5,642,000
Alfalfa.
239,000
584,000
Principal Provinces
(Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta /Ontario \ Quebec ( Quebec \ Ontario / New Brunswick ■( Quebec ( Ontario f Ontario '. Quebec ^ Manitoba / Ontario 1 Quebec i Ontario \ Quebec
Ontario ( Ontario \ Quebec
Ontario
Acres Bushels
133,000
149,000
172,000
161,000
109,000
61,000
36,000
23,000
66,000
152,000
143,000
5S2,000
143,000
29,000
244,000
48,000
120,000
84,000
36,000 449,000
87,000 163,000
2,350,000 2,319,000 2,535,000 3,420,000 2,210,000 1,035,000 045,000 381,000 1,510,000 3,908,000 S, 191,000
25,712,000
4,195,000
612,000
12,915,000 1,420,000
57,990,000
27,530,000
412,000 4,608,000
100,000
In Ontario, apples, the vine, and tobacco are grown. The live stock in Canada on June 15, 1920, comprised 3,400,000 horses, 3,530,000 milk cows, 5,947,000 other cattle, 3,721,000 sheep, 3,517,000 swine, 25,942,000 fowls, 2,164,000 turkeys, geese, and ducks. In 1918, there were divided among ranches in Manitoba, 66,563 acres, British Columbia, 393,253 acres, Alberta, 2,563,145 acres, and Saskatchewan, 2,723,217 acres : total, 5,746,178 acres (4,796 ranches). The wool clip in Canada for 1919 is estimated at 15 million lbs. The number of dairy factories in operation in 19 19 was 3,343. In 1919 the production of creamery butter was 101,554,000 lbs., value, 55,182,000 dollars ; of factory cheese, 107,735,000 lbs., value 44,806,000 dollars ; of con- densed milk, 61,898,000 lbs., valued at 9,425,000 dollars ; evaporated milk, 16,108,000 lbs., valued at 1,789,000 dollars; whole milk sold, 22,399,000 gallons, valued at 10,377,000 dollars.
Forestry. — The total area of land covered by timber is officially estimated at between 500 and 600 million acres. Of this 200 to 300 million acres
