Canada Yearbook - 1920

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14.—Estimated Total Values of Farm Live Stock in Canada, by Provinces, 1915-1920
•—concluded.
Province and Year. Horses. Cattle. Sheep. Swine. Total.
British Columbia. 1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
$
6,228,000
6,622,000
6,505,000
5,428,000
5,639,000
5,553,000
$
8,406,000
9,367,000
17,485,000
18,478,000
19,908,000
15,358,000
$
371,000
486,000
603,000
679,000
720,000
511,000
$
578,000
700,000
791,000
955,000
1,259,000
926,000
$
15,583,000
17,174,000
25,384,000
25,540,000
27,526,000
22,348,000
15—Estimated Numbers and Values of Farm Poultry in Canada, 1930.
Average
Description. Number. price
per head.
Average
value. Description. Number. price
per head.
value.
S cts. $
Canada—
Ontario—
S cts. 1
Turkevs 806,166 4 00 3,225,000 Turkeys . . 267,883 5 00 1,339,400
Geese . ... 761,655 2 80 2,131,100 Geese . . 395.238 2 88 1,138,300
Ducks 651,235 1 50 976,900 Ducks . 311,652 1 58 492,900
28,286,763 1 08 30,683,000 Other fowls .. . 10,030,872 1 19 11,936,700
Totals 30,505,819 1 31 37,016,000 Totals 11,005,645 1 35 14,907,300
Prince Edward
Manitoba-
Island- Turkeys .. 145,000 3 31 480,000
Turkeys 6,482 3 72 24,10(1 Geese 64,500 2 55 164,500
Geese 22,654 2 85 64,600 Ducks 64,000 1 25 80,000
Ducks 9,282 1 46 13,600 Other fowls. .. . 3,100,000 0 90 2,790,000
Other fowls. 611,319 1 00 612,000 Totals 3,373,500 1 04 3,514,500
Totals 649,817 1 10 714,300
Saskatchewan-
Nova Scotia- Turkeys 221,691 3 00 665,100
Turkeys .. . 6,283 4 24 26,600 Geese . .. 92,743 2 50 231,900
Geese 16,532 3 05 50,400 Ducks . . 75,188 1 25 94,000
Ducks . . 10,543 1 50 15,800 Other fowls 6,217,518 0 92 5,720,100
Other fowls . 805,328 1 00 805,300 Totals 6,607,140 1 02 6,711,100
Totals .. 838,686 1 07 898,100
Alberta-
New Brunswick— Turkeys. . . 14,400 3 07 44,200
Turkeys. . 22,192 4 00 88,800 Geese, 7,200 2 55 18,400
Geese.. . . 20,142 3 07 61,800 Ducks . . 33,597 1 22 41.000
Ducks 8,913 1 59 14,200 Other fowls ... 2,344.658 0 92 2,157,000
Other fowls. . . 701,987 1 15 807,300 2,399,855 0 94 3,260,600
Totals 753,234 1 39 972,100
British Columbia
Quebec Turkeys 7,858 7 50 58,900
Turkeys .. 114,377 4 35 497,900 Geese ... 12,262 3 58 43,900
Geese. 130,384 2 74 357,300 Ducks 22,363 1 85 41,400
Ducks 115,697 1 59 184,000 Other fowls. ... 1,297,599 1 50 1,946,400
Or her fouls 3,177,402 1 23 3,908,200 Totals ... 1,340,082 1 56 2,090,600
Totals 3,537,860 1 40 4,947,400
Fur-Farming in Canada.—According to a report issued by
the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, the total value in 1919 of the
fur-farming industry in Canada, which includes ranches and furbearing
animals other than those of the silver fox in Prince Edward
Island, was $3,978,026, which comprises $3,099,458, the value of
fur-bearing animals and $878,568, the value of land and pens. Altogether
there were in 1919, 414 fox farms in operation, including
249 in Prince Edward Island, 49 in Nova Scotia, 20 in New Brunswick,
52 in Quebec, ten in Ontario, one in Manitoba, one in Saskatchewan,
11 in Alberta, eight in British Columbia and 13 in the
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