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2,015,437

Leaving a surplus of wheat in Canada 4,746,231 bushels, or at four and
a half bushels for each, equal to 1,054,718 barrels of flour.

Professor Johnston in his report on New Brunswick, furnishes some
valuable information as to the produce there.

The following table of average weights indicates a capacity in the
soil and climate to produce grain of a very superior quality:--

----------------+-------+--------+------+-----+-------+-------
| | | | | Buck- |
COUNTIES | Wheat | Barley | Oats | Rye | Wheat | Maize
----------------+-------+--------+------+-----+-------+-------
Saint John |61 | -- |41 | -- | 50 | --
Westmoreland |60 | 48 |351/2 | -- | 48 | 59
Albert |58 | 50 |343/4 | 50 | 45 | --
Charlotte |59 | 45 |39 | -- | 57 | 59
King's |591/2 | 48 |37 | -- | 48 | 60
Queen's |581/2 | 50 |361/2 | 53 | 43 | 61
Sunbury |57 | 55 |38 | 53 | 47 | 57
York |63 | 50 |38 | -- | 51 | 60
Carleton |64 | -- |38 | -- | 52 | 65
Kent |63 | -- |37 | -- | 50 | --
Northumberland |62 | 53 |37 | -- | 45 | 57
Gloucester |63 | 51 |39 | -- | -- | --
Restigouche |63 | 48 |42 | -- | -- | --
----------------+-------+--------+------+-----+-------+------

The general average weights for the whole Province are, for

Wheat 60 11-13 lbs.
Barley 50 "
Oats 38 "
Rye 521/2 "
Buckwheat 48 8-11 "
Indian Corn 591/2 "
Potatoes 63 "
Turnips 66 "
Carrots 63 "

The annexed statement shows not only the average yield per acre of
each description of crop, but affords an opportunity of contrasting it
with the like products in the State of New York:--

AVERAGE PRODUCE PER IMPERIAL ACRE.

New Brunswick State of New York
Bushels Bushels
Wheat 20 14
Barley 29 16
Oats 34 26
Rye 201/2 91/2
Buckwheat