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war two submarines, which were building in the United State* foi Chile, were bought (C. C. 1 and 2), and are on the Pacific coast ; two submarines (H 4 and 5) hare been allocated to the Dominion by the British Admiralty. Two destroyers of the ' M ' class, Patrician and Patriot, have been acquired ; completed 1916, 9S0 tons, 35 knots, three 4-in. and smaller guns.

Production and Industry.

Agriculture. — In 1911, there were 43,375,000 acres of improved land out of 109,777.065 acres of occupied land. The value in 1919 of the agricultural wraith of Canada has been estimated as follows : agricultural production, 1,976 million dollars; value of farm lands, 2,792; buildings, 1»28 ; implements, 387 ; and farm live stock, 1,297 ; total, 7.380 million dollars. The following table, compiled from data collected at the Dominion censuses of 1901 and 1911, shows the di.-tribution of farm holdings according to size in the whole of Canada and in the Provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan for the two years named : —

Size of Holdings

All Canada

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

MM

1911

1901 !

1911 Xumbrr

1901

1911

Sumber

Number

Number i

S umber

Sumbrr

Under 1 acre.

33,615

29,967

243 ;

1,280

167

317

1 to under 5 acres.

39,240

43,710

440 |

1.7T3

61

246

5 to 10 acres

1S.331

14,347

257 !

791

54

•14

11 to 50 acres.

61,243

b:\J64

703 J

1,575

33

n

51 to 100 acre*

156,778

162,537

1,254 '

2,103

n

941

101 to 200 acres

150,826

»t,SS6

14,394 !

18,327

8,041

45,366

301 aeres and over.

64,655 544,688

132.920

15,204 ;

20,498

5,184

45.55S

Total.

710,681

IV

46,347

13,612

96.371

In 1917, 42,602,000 acres were under field crops, those most widely cultivated being wheat, oats, barley and flax. The total value of all field crops, including roots and fodder, in 1920 was 1,445 million dollars. The following are details for 1920 : —

YTheat

Barley

Oats

1920

Acres Bushels

Acres

Bushels

i

Acres

Bushels

Ontario

1,030,000 22.973.000

4S4.000

10,660,000 [

2,850,000

129,171,000

Quebec

3.775,000.

194,000

4,910,000 !

2,206,000

66,729,000

Xora Scotia

26,000 . 512,000

11,000'

153,000

4,637,000

Sew Brunswick.

29,000 | 464.000 :

3,000 1

1942MM

309,000 1

9,118, COO

Manitoba.

2,706,000 ! 37,542.000

839,000

17,520.000 !

1,874,000 :


 * 7,000

P. E. Island

38,000 453,000

5,000,

123,000

183,000 ,

5,095,000

sh Colombia

46.000 | 874,000 ,

10,000'

164,000

48,000 !

1,663,000

Alberta

83,461.000 '

481.000

12,739,000 '

S,0f*,»98

115,091,000

Saskatchewan

10,061,000 113,135,000

519,000 '

10,502,000

5,107,000 :

141,549,000

Total Canada

18,232.000 -203,189,000

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