LARGER GRAIN CROP

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 120, 14 February 1941, Page 12

LARGER GRAIN CROP

Estimated Average Yields WHEAT, OATS AND BARLEY

The estimated average yields of wheat, oats and barley for the 19401941 season are given in the Gazette issued last evening. The average wheat yield for the Dominion is estimated at 35 bushels an acre, lhe average yield of oats at 46 bushels an acre, and tlie average yield of barley at 37 bushels an acre. Last year's actual averages were as follows; —Wheat, 31.10 bushels; oats, 41.83 bushels; and barley, 3G.25 bushels.

In accordance with the above estimates, the total yield of wheat for the season 1910-41 should be approximately 8,400,000 bushels, as against an ascertained yield of 8,010.089 bushels for the season 1939-40. The area from which oats were threshed for the five seasons ending with 1939-40 averaged 21 per cent, of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 2,810,000 bushels, as against a yield of 2,081,106 bushels for the season 1939-40.

On a similar assumption in regard to barley, the total yield of grain should be approximately 1,020,(100 bushels, as against 915,805 bushels for the season 1939-40.