Canada Yearbook - 1920

AGRICULTURE 191
16,841,174 acres, as compared with 165,544,300 busehls from 17,750,-
167 acres in 1919; oats 314,297,000 bushels from 10,070,476 acres, as
compared with 235,580,000 bushels from 9,452,386 acres in 1919;
barley 40,760,500 bushels from 1,838,791 acres, as compared with
36,682,400 bushels from 1,800,745 acres in 1919; rye, 8,273,600
bushels from 482,011 acres, as compared with 7,262,400 bushels from
573,218 acres in 1919; flaxseed 7,588,800 bushels from 1,391,076
acres, as compared with 5,232,300 bushels from 1,068,014 acres in
1919.
1.—Area, Yield, Quality and Value of Principal Field Crops in Canada, 1915-20 and
Five Year Average, 1915-19.
Yield
Weight
per
Average
price
Field Crops. Area. per
acre.
Total Yield measured
bushel.
per Total Value
bushel.
acres. bush. bush. lb. $ $
Canada-
Fall wheat 1915 1,030,581 28-45 29,320,600 59-71 0-90 27,149,700
1916 818,264 21-50 17,590,000 59-52 1-54 27,118,300
1917 725,300 21-50 15,533,450 59-37 208 32,336,900
1918 416,615 19-00 7,942,800 61-19 2-08 16,516,000
1919 672,793 23-75 16,006,000 61-20 2-45 39,336,000
1920 814,133 24-00 19,469,200 60-14 1-88 36,550,500
Averages 1915-19. 732,711 23-50 17,278,570 60-20 1-63 28,195,100
Spring wheat... 1915 14,078,834 25-87 364,222,000 60-31 0-91 329,667,200
1916 14,551,445 16-85 245,191,000 56,51 1-29 316,978,100
1917 14,030,550 15-50 218,209,400 59-48 1-93 420,701,700
1918 16,937,287 10-75 181,132,550 58-69 2-02 365,161,700
1919 18,453,175 9-50 177,254,400 58-53 2-36 418,386,000
1920 17,418,241 14-00 243,720,100 59-07 1-60 390,806,800
Averages, 1915-19. 15,610,258 15-25 237,201,870 58-70 1-56 370,144,300
All wheat.. 1915 15,109,415 26,05 393,542,600 60-19 0-91 356,816,900
1916 15,369,709 17-10 262,781,000 57,10 1-31 344,096,400
1917 14,755,850 15,75 233,742,850 59-46 1-94 453,038,600
1918 17,535,902 11-00 189,075,350 59-44 2-02 381,677,700
1919 19,125,968 10 00 193,260,400 59-12 2-37 457,722,000
1920 18,232,374 14-50 263,189,300 59-35 1-62 427,357,300
Averages, 1915-19. 16,342,969 15-50 254,480,440 59,06 1-57 398,339,400
Oats 1915 11,555,681 40-24 464,954,400 36-61 0-36 171,009,100
1916 10,996,487 37,30 410,211,000 33-86 0-51 210,957,500
1917 13,313,400 30-25 403,009,800 33-55 0-69 277,065,300
1918 14,790,336 28-75 426,312,500 35-61 0-78 331,357,400
1919 14,952,114 26-25 394,387,000 34-16 0-80 317,097,000
1920 15,849,928 33-50 530,709,700 35-62 0-53 280,115,400
Averages, 1915-19. 13,121,604 32-00 419,774,940 34-76 0-62 261,497,260
1915 1,718,432 31-51 54,017,100 48-26 0-52 27,985,800
1916 1,802,996 23-72 42,770,000 45-66 0-82 35,024,000
1917 2,392,200 23-00 55,057,750 46-97 1-08 59,654,400
1918 3,153,711 24-50 77,287,240 47-24 1-00 77,378,670
1919 2,645,509 21-25 56,389,400 46-32 1-23 69,330,300
1920 2,551,919 24-75 63,310,550 46-62 0-83 52,821,400
Averages, 1915-19. 2,342,570 24-50 57,104,298 46-89 0-94 53,874,514
Rye 1915 121,677 20-43 2,486,200 56-32 0-77 1,921,900
1916 148,404 19-38 2,876,400 54-95 1-11 3,196,000
1917 211,880 18-25 3,857,200 53-44 1-62 6,267,200
1918 555,294 15-25 8,504,400 55-60 1-49 12,728,600
1919 753,081 13-50 10,207,400 55 09 1-40 14,240,000
1920 649,654 17-50 11,306,400 55-44 1-33 15,085,650
Averages, 1915-19, 358,067 15.50 5,586,320 55.80 1.37 7,670,740