ESTIMATES OF GRAIN CROPS
Returns of wheat, oats, and barley as compiled by the Census and Satistics Department are published in the Gazette. In the 1939-40 season 258,672 acres of wheat were harvested, 212,498 acres of oats, and 25,786 acres of barley. The estimated totals for the 1940----41 season are 244,000, 287,000, and 40,200 acres of wheat, oats, and barley respectively. Last year, 20,033 acres of potatoes were planted throughout the Dominion and the estimated area this year is 18,000 acres.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 113, 8 November 1940, Page 5
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81ESTIMATES OF GRAIN CROPS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 113, 8 November 1940, Page 5
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