. Report on the agricultural capabilities of the province of New Brunswick [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. tate averngei ;eports, whici ! Board which itore. Cout Brunswick, (How:â twick. iroJactivenesii in grain and potatops of the different )art8 of Canada niaj be deduced with an approach to Lccoracy. The nnmber of acres under each crop, and otal produce in 20 districts, are *here stated, and from tlein I have calculated the averages in the fourth column of the following Table, with the view of con- tiflsting them with the New Brunswick averages ii, the fifth column :â eat«r average,
. Report on the agricultural capabilities of the province of New Brunswick [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. tate averngei ;eports, whici ! Board which itore. Cout Brunswick, (How:â twick. iroJactivenesii in grain and potatops of the different )art8 of Canada niaj be deduced with an approach to Lccoracy. The nnmber of acres under each crop, and otal produce in 20 districts, are *here stated, and from tlein I have calculated the averages in the fourth column of the following Table, with the view of con- tiflsting them with the New Brunswick averages ii, the fifth column :â eat«r average, 19 11-12 bush. 29 34 S3i 201 26 S6 II tont. J, the above Brunswick, Id There are â e in the Pro- >r»ge prodace 8 represented e three coun- ioe in juxta* for the Pro. tates of Ohio per imperial Ohio, Counties of. d New York this State is } the richest nswick. Aa o, nearly the in the growth of the Ohio not supposed ntj, but the isiderably be- for a moment rst Report of R of Canada, 9 an estimate of Lower or rhis estimate irage produc- now in grain 8 not founded herefore pass Canada, the be same Ap- 1 the average ^^tm^^^^fmr Agricultural Capahilitiea of New Brunsunck. 29 XII. Canada tf-'eit in 1848. Cultivated acres. VVheat, Bailey, Oata, Rye, Maize, Buckwheat, Potatoes, S9it,(i95 29,324 285,571 38,452 51,997 26,656 56,796 Produce ll'ruduce in buiheltlperacre Meti' Jtiruntwick. 7,658,773 â¢619,727 f,056,734 446,298 ,566 ,231 m 24i 11« 21i 16) 84 Produce per acre. 171 27 33 18 361 28 304 resources, rather than to forsake it for other parts of Northern or VVextern America, which appear incapable ofyielding larger crops than they can easily reap at home. 8. There is another interesting point exhibited in the oolamns of Table IV. which is deserving of special notice. This is the great weight per bushel the grain crops frequently attain. Wheat is said sometimes to reach the enormous weight of yOlbs. per bushel, and oats to 601bs. a bushel,* but 62 to 6
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