. Automotive industries . edicta prosperous year for the trade in Canada, especially inthe Demand Increases In the three prairie provinces there were, during 1920,31,998 farm tractors as against 26,832 in 1919. Theseare not official government registration figures, as bheprovinces do not require owners of farm tractors to reg-ister them. There were compiled from records of the graingrowers, agricultural societies and customs offices. OFFICIAL REGISTRATION OF AUTOMOBILES IN CANADATOTAL FOR 1920, 403,111, INCREASE OVER 1919, P year ir»i i ■ mm ii I 2,268 010,226 60 7 19 1,535 :
. Automotive industries . edicta prosperous year for the trade in Canada, especially inthe Demand Increases In the three prairie provinces there were, during 1920,31,998 farm tractors as against 26,832 in 1919. Theseare not official government registration figures, as bheprovinces do not require owners of farm tractors to reg-ister them. There were compiled from records of the graingrowers, agricultural societies and customs offices. OFFICIAL REGISTRATION OF AUTOMOBILES IN CANADATOTAL FOR 1920, 403,111, INCREASE OVER 1919, P year ir»i i ■ mm ii I 2,268 010,226 60 7 19 1,535 : 1 ro Llta1,6312,505 1,728 :9, Mar ,994,7705 106 T. 8,81211,953 . 13■ i33,896 1,289 ■ i . 2::.?iii 6,138 1914 6,688 1 \.n\ ■ . 10! i L,3 •■ 171 0 FOR TEN YEARS ER CENT N, s N. B 228 1 S3 456 700 511 824 i 1,260 9! i 1,1 i 2,986 61 14 ■ 10,981 9,420 30 85 87,673 ■ 120 31 - 790 355,433 400 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIESTHE AUTOMOBILE February 17, 1921 ATLANTIC. NOVA SCOTIA12,198 IEW BRUNSVnCK11,421 Motor vehicle registration in various Canadian province} 1918 1919 1920 10,937 14,207 16,907 5,209 7,122 8,700 3,631 5,503 6,391 Tractor Record on Prairies for Four Years1917 Saskatchewan 8,610 Alberta 3,977 Manitoba 1,613 Total 14,200 19,777 26,832 31,998 The impression is very general that 1921 will show ahuge increase in the demand for tractors. The FederalGovernment has placed some 30,000 ex-service men onfarms in the west. Many of them produced good cropslast year. This year they will be potential buyers offarm tractors and automobiles. To appreciate the possi-bilities of the western Canadian farm for automotive in-dustries it must be recalled that in 1920 there were cul-tivated 29,279,000 acres, and the total grain production ofthe three prairie provinces was 604,445,000. An increaseof fully 20 per cent, is indicated for 1921, due to virginsod being broken and the exceptional season last year forthe fall plowing, wh
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