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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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