Canada Yearbook - 1920

AGRICULTURE 209
1.—Area, Yield, Quality and Value of Principal Field Crops in Canada, 1915-20 and
Five Year Average, 1915-19—con.
Yield
Field Crops. Area. per
acre.
Weight
per
Total Yield. measured
bushel.
Average
price
per Total Value.
bushel.
British Columbia- acres. bush. bush. lb. $ $
con.
71,000 61-84 4,390,600 36-28 0-49 2,151,400
1916 60,000 60-50 3,630,000 37-15 0-64 2,323,000
1917 60,200 53-75 3,235,800 35-50 0-90 2,912,200
1918 39,000 39-75 1,550,000 34-17 100 1,550,000
1919 45,021 47-25 2,127,000 36-00 1-07 2,276,000
1920 47,992 34-75 1,663,000 36-00 0-96 1,596,500
Averages, 1915-19 55,044 54-25 2,986,680 35-82 0-75 2,242,520
Barley 1915 2,650 40-36 106,900 49-89 0-64 68,400
1916 2,700 45-75 124,000 47-60 0-83 103,000
1917 5,500 29-25 160,900 48-67 1-28 206,000
1918 7,927 26-50 209,000 52-50 1-47 307,000
1919 10,497 33 00 346,000 47-75 1-82 630,000
1920 9,646 37-75 364,100 50-00 1-50 546,200
Averages, 1915-19 5,855 32-25 189,360 49-28 1-39 262,880
Rye 1918 820 30 00 25,000 60-00 2-07 52,000
1919 4,911 22-50 110,000 54-75 2-08 229,000
1920 5,367 25-75 138,200 55-00 2-02 279,200
Averages, 1918-19 2,865 23-50 67,500 57-38 2-08 140,500
Peas 1915 1,300 29-75 38,700 60-00 1-24 48,000
1916 1,300 33-75 44,000 61-20 1-67 73,000
1917 1,338 23-75 31,800 59-83 2-46 78,200
1918 2,193 21-50 47,000 60-00 3-00 141,000
1919 2,251 23-00 52,000 59-00 2-60 137,000
1920 2,657 26-00 69,100 59-00 3-05 211,000
Averages, 1915-19 1,676 25-50 42,700 60-01 2-24 95,440
Beans 1918 2,748 18-50 51,000 _ 4-20 214,000
1919 1,677 17-25 29,000 60-00 3-75 109,000
1920 1,615 20-00 32,300 60-00 4-50 145,400
Averages, 1918-19 2,213 18-00 40,000 - 4-04 161,500
Mixed grains.. .1915 2,600 40-00 104,000 __ 0-50 52,000
1916 2,600 50-00 130,000 52-00 1-25 163,000
1917 1,850 40-00 74,000 0-70 51,800
1918 3,228 21-50 69,000 _ 110 76,000
1919 4,017 36-50 147,000 50 00 1-37 201,000
1920 4,893 36-00 176,100 41-00 1-25 220,000
Averages, 1915-19 2,859 36-75 104,800 1-04 108,760
Potatoes 1915 16,000 247-28 3,956,000 _ 0-45 1,780,000
1916 15,300 189-00 2,892,000 _ 0-70 2,024,000
1917 15,024 166-55 2,502,000 _ 0-69 1,726,400
1918 15,013 228-00 3,423,000 _ 0-97 3,320,300
1919 18,000 170-00 3,060,000 - 1-00 3,060,000
1920 17,780 165-00 2,933,700 _ 1-28 3,755,000
Averages, 1915-19 15,867 199-50 3,166,600 - 0-75 2,382,140
Turnips,
mangolds,
etc 1915 3,800 455-61 1,731,000 _ 0-39 675,000
1916 3,700 500-00 1,850,000 _ 0-50 925,000
1917 4,500 344-58 1,582,000 - 0-64 1,012,000
1918 5,758 422-00 2,429,900 - 0-60 1,457,900
1919 7,387 365-00 2,696,000 _ 0-75 2,022,000
1920 7,403 435-00 3,220,000 _ 0-81 2,608,000
Averages, 1915-19 5,047 407-75 2,057,780 - 0-59 1,218,380