The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-06
Total Yield of All Grains in Mani
toba Passes the Mystic Hun
%# 80
dIed Million Mark.
Provincial Departments Estimate Is
100,052,343 Bushels, Of Which
Over Half Was Wheat. J.
Population Of Manitoba and: North
west Territories Increased .
100000 During 1902.
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specialize Inc journal. ..'-
e. Winnipeg, Man. Dec. 6.-Manitoba's
total weld of all grain has passed the
hundred million mark. Such is an official
estimate just issued by the provincial de-
partment OF agriculture. The total yield
for the year 1902 of all grains is 100, O52,-
34S bushels and of this amount wheat
constitutes oS,077.267 bushels. or over one
half the total grain production. All previ
Gus years have been left far behind and
another record has been established,
clearly showing that the Canadian west is
rapidly nearing the time when it can
claim the proud title Of the "granary Of
the empire" =. =.
The report shows that the yield of wheat
for 1902, 53,077,267 bushels, is 2,575, 1872
bushels in excess of the. previous year.
The average yield an acre Increased from
% bushels In 1901 to Is bushels in 1902
The area under crop in 1902 was 2,039, $40
acres, an increase over 1901 of %, los
acres,
feature Of the report is the heavy in
crease in the yield of oats. In 1901 the
yield totaled 27.796,588 bushels with an
| average yield an acre of 40.3 bushels
This year the yield was BATS, 100 bushels
with an average yield Of AIS bushels
| The acreage under crop increased from
6Ss,951 in 1901 to 725,06O in 1902.
The yield of barley nearly doubled that
of 1901, the total this year being II, S48,422
bushels as against 6,536,156 the previous
| year, with an increase in the average
yield an acre from 24.2 bushels in 1901 to
| 35.s in 1902. ~. --..-
| Flax shows the largest percentage of in
| crease of any of the grains the yield
for this year totaling 564,44O bushels,
| against 266, 420 last year. On the other
hand the acreage yield is but little larger
than 1901. ~ :"
Rye is the only grain the yield Of
| which Is less than in 1901. This years
total is $4,000 bushels, compared with 62,-
261 bushels in 1901. ,.-.-,,
Grain Dealers Estimate.
| The Northwest Grain Dealers associa-
| ton recently issued an estimate Of the
1902 crop According to the association S
| figures, the total yield of all grains in
1902 was SO, 47S,S1O bushels.
| While the estimate of the yield of whea
was 5O,24S.122, as compared with 3,077-
267, the provincial departments. figures
the Yield Of oats and barley was figured
considerably higher than in the goyer1l-
ment report, the associations figures be-
ing: Oats, 36,615,5S0. and barley. IL, 0a7.-
| 122 bushels. = =. y r. 7 =, - 3
During September. October and Noyem-
Der. the first three months of the: present
crop year, the total amount Of wheat de-
| llvered by farmers throughout the west
! was 32,l30,300 bushels. During the same
months the total amount Of all grains
inspected exceeded that Of former years
for similar period. This years tota
inspection is 2l.o52, 100, compared with
19,45S,390 in 1901 and Bills, $40 in 19OO. Z
| During the crop year extending from
Sept. J., 1892 to Aug. 81, 1900, the tota
amount of grain Inspected was 1886 cars
or %, 800 bushels, while for the veal
Sept. 1, 1900. to Aug l., 1901, the tota
was only 12,956,0oO. i
, Heavy Movement at Ports.
! The movement at the lake ports dur.
ing the past three months has been the
heaviest in the history Of the west. From
Sept. to Nov. 80, 1902, the total receipts
at Fort William and Port Arthur were
1881, 130:40 bushels and the shipm emit.
16,962.7S1.10 bushels, compared with II,
$40, $3.50 and 1862, 1890 bushels re-
spectively In the same period in 1901. The
Canadian Northern Railway elevator wa:
not however, In operation in 1901. T.'
The Growth In Population. .,..
The report issued by the dominion i'm
migra ton department indicates that thu
population Of Manitoba and the north
west territories will, by the end of tn,
present year, have been augmented b!
fully 1905 people. From Jan. to Oct
I 81 the number Of immigrants registering
at Winnipeg, was 64,035.
The returns for November have not We
been completed by the authorities, but.
j is estimated that the number will be II
the neighborhood Of 5000, making a. tota
) of $4,000. with another months arrival
to be added. ~
. These figures, however, do not show tn
, total arrivals. The officers estimate tina
fully rs per cent Of the immigrants ar
the independent class, and did not requir
, the assistance or advice Of the depart
ment, and therefore, never registered.