Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-08-09
FOREIGN CROPS
Canada

10 the last two years, has added
zoe and three-quarter million acres
! ,be wheat lands of Canada has
~. soason not resulted in the ex-
asnsion anticipated. In 1911. it may
= recalled, wheat covered a record
- of 1O,373,95S acres, of which
IN, a39 acres were under the
spring and 1,172'11s acres under
the winter variety.
n the current season, owing large
!. - heavy losses from winter-kill
). Alberta and Ontario and to ad-
,.roa conditions for seeding spring
.,hoat In the western provinces, the
,a,oI wheat area is probably some
Rat less than last year. The area
arder oats Is larger than last year,
I'D that under barley has been some
What extended A bulletin of the
canadian census and statistics of
,ice department of trade and COM
marce. published June IA, states;
throughout the greater part of
canada the spring this year has been
oo,d wet and backward. Continu-
aus rains. especially in Nova Scotia,
Nav Brunswick, and Quebec, have
greatly interfered with the spring
.aadng. and at the end of May large
areas in these three provinces, par
Acularly on low-lying lands, were
.+,l unseeded. 1t is impossible
,herafore to base upon the date at
c,osent available complete estimates
~ the areas sown to this years prin-
final field crops, and the following
are consequently preliminary figures
subiect to revision at the end of
Iune The area under fall wheat, de-
ducting the winter-killed in Ontario
and Alberta, is placed at ISL, zoe
acres. Spring wheat occupies
S145,O00 acres, and the total wheat
area amounts therefore to 9,926,000
acres. Oats show an area of 9,486,-
900 acres and barley 1 ,429, 900 acres.
Rive, peas, and mixed grains have
total acreage of $4,000, the area of
hay and clover is 1904, 900 acres,
and alfalfa is sown to 112, 900 acres.
Condition at the end of May, 100
representing the promise of full
crop, is high for all products report
ed on, excepting fall wheat, the per
cent condition of which, viz, 71.46,
is lower than in any of the three
previous years at the same date.
This crop suffered from the excep
tionally severe winter in Ontario
and from the lack of sufficient snow
protection in Alberta, whilst the cold
wet spring has been adverse to re-
coyery and good growth. The con-
dition of spring wheat is 94.21,
against $3.50 last year; oats, 91.67,
against 94.76; barley, 91.08, against
sS.49; rye. 1924, against 1929;
peas 1885, against 92.15; mixed
grains, 8772, against 1884. The
condition of hay and clover is 90. 10,
compared with 1863 at the end of
April and 9145 at the end of May,
1911. Alfalfa, where grown, shows
this year an averge condition of
1855. For the three Northwest
provinces the areas are as estimated
May 81 Wheat, 9,122,OOO acres;
oats, 5,O97,00O acres; and barley,
$4,000 acres.
The condition of these cereals in
the Northwest provinces is over 95
per cent, except fall wheat in AL
oerta, where it is 1852 per cent In
saskatchewan the area under fall
wheat Is estimated at $4,000 acres;
condition May 81, 1928.
In Ontario and Alberta-the only
provinces where winter wheat is
grown extensively-the areas sown
last autumn were, respectively, 797,-
1VO and 100000 acres, a total of
l'Os7,OO0 acres, OF this total, 345,-
WV acres, |. e., $4,000 in Ontario
and 10000 in Alberta, are officially
reported to have been destroyed by
'ae ngors of winter. The total area
VI winter wheat left to be harvested
- 'nese two provinces is, therefore,
Ouy $4,000 acres, compared with
iiSl,656 last year.
IN the three western provinces,
"nefe spring wheat is grown almost
'AOiusiVely, delays in seeding were
Oaused in many districts by cold
'ea1her, excessive moisture. and
0'uer causes; on May 1 only 5O.13
psr cent of the spring wheat sowings
.sle completed in Manitoba, and
si'AO per cent In Alberta, whereas
'ue same date year ago 70 per
.sn' OF the area had been drilled in
turner province and 80 per cent
- ALBERTA. In SaSkotobamoo h,y far