The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-28
DOMINION GRAIN
YIELD INCREASES
Wheat Falls Off, but Other
Crops Show Substantial
Gain.
TOTAL VALUE Is LARGER
Figures Of Last Year Highest
on Record. Dominion Bull
letin Says.
TOTAL VALUE Is LARGER
Sp,cioy D,spofch 10 TIE SUS.


OTTAWA. Jan. PA bulletin issued
to-day by the Dominion Bureau Of Sta
tistics gives the total yield OF wheat for
Canada in 1918 as 1Se,30l.35o bushels
from 17.353,so2 sown acres, an average
yield per acre of ii bushels.
in 1917 the corresponding figures were
| 233.742s5o bushels. from 14.755,sbo
acres, a yield per acre OF 15& bushels.
The yield Of oats in 1918 was 3so,273.5o0
bushels, from 14.7so.S36 screb. an aver
age of 25I bushels per acre. as COM
pared with 4o3.o0s.soo bushels from 49,
s13,4Oo acres in 1917. an average of 3oA
1 bushels per acre.
The yield of barley was 77,2o0,24o
/ bushels. against 66.067,75o in the pre-
vious year.
| The yields of other crops In 1918 with
, the figures of the previous year, In
! bushels. follow: Barley. 77.230.24O
against IS. 057.750; rye, S,496.7 700, against
3.S57.2OO; peas, 3.110.100, against 1925
34O beans. 3.56S,9S0. against 1.274.00o
buckwheat. 11,42s,5oo, against 7.149,4O0
flax. 5.972.2oo, against 5,934.40o: mixed
grains. 35,73o.309, against 16,157.0S0
corn for husking. 14.214.200, against H.
! 762.7oo; potatoes, 1o4,512.70o. against
| 79,se2.oo0: turnips, &c. 1So.9s9.eo0
against 63,451.oo0. The yield Of hay and
clover was 14.6s1.400 tons. against 49,
6S4,700 tons fodder corn. 4.776.000 tons
against 2.690.370 tons; sugar beets
| 10000 tons. against 1880 tons;
| alfalfa, 100000 tons, against 2e2,40C
| tons.
| The yields in the prairie provinces In
| 1918 were: Wheat, 164,436.100 bushels
! vol In, atg
| 22,049,5O0 bushels, against 254.s77.200
bushels barley. 47.607,400 bushels
against 40.s341OO bushels, and flax
! 5,776.0Oo bushels. against 5,S35,900
1 bushels.
! The aggregate value of all field crops
! In Canada in 1915 was 1881. $50, so.
against sl.14i.s3s,45o IN 1917. The fig
ures for 1918 we're the highest on rec
/ ord, as were also those of 1917 to that
time.
/ The average values per bushel OF grain
crops for Canada In 1918 were as fol-
lows: Fall wheat s2.0s. as compared
with the same price in 1917; spring
wheat 50. as against $l93; all whe at
is2. as compared with 1874 in 1917 ;
oats TIC as against soc. Barley 81.
against sl.0S: rye $3.50, against 81 81 ;
peas s2.54, against 1854 beans s5.42,
against S7.45: buckwheat Sl.5S. against
S14s fax sass, against s3.l2: mixed
grains s1.14. against sl.l6. and corn for
husklng sl77. against sl.S4. OF po-
/ tatoes the price per bushel in 1918 was
| CSC, against 81 in 1917: turn!ps. &c.
were 42c.. against ACC, hay and clover
Il 81 a ton. against s1o,33; fodder corn
SOFA ton. against $50; sugar beets
iS10.25 a ton, against 1915. and alfalfa
sl7S4 ton. against $ll.59.
The total farm values for 1919 OF the
principal field crops are estimated as
/ follows. with the corresponding esti-
mates of 1917 given in brackets: Wheat
1882 165.7oo CASA 3s,6oo) oats, s2s9.-
4o4. 400 G277.055. 5000 ; barley s77,3Sl,-
go CS59.654.40O) rye sl2,7l4.40O Es,-
267 ZOO peas s7.so7.soo tslo,724,1Oo) ;
beans sl0.332.900 s9.4a3400) buck
wheat sls.09O.6OO SlO.443,4oD fax
slS.s41. 900 tsl5.737,000; mixed grains
s407g6lOO ElS.S0l.75o) corn for
ihusklng $25.lls.s0O tl4307.200) +; po-
tatoes Sl02.29O.30 (s3o,S0&, $4,000 tur-
nips. SC. s54.sO4.OOO t?9, 25S, Ooo)' hay
and clover s249459.3o (s14l,376,7OO) ;
fodder corn s29.S35, 500 tl3,S34900 ;
sugar beets sl,s45.OoO E793.S0o) al
fa!fa s7,963.600 (s3,04l .300).s