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     aggregate of $7,413,297, or $564 in the year for an average 
     
     farm, which is 24.36 p. c. of the investment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The rent value of leased farms is 95 cents per acre, and 
     
     the rate of wages for farm labor is $3.68 per week, 
     
     including board. 
     
    

    
     The value of field crops on farms is 62.45 p. c. of the 
     
     year’s production, fruit and vegetable and nursery stock 
     
     1.82 p c., live stock sold 9.11 p. c., meats and products of 
     
     animals slaughtered on the farm 7.52 p. 0., dairy products 
     
     14.68 p. c., wool, 1.14 p. c., and eggs, honey and sugar 
     
     3.28 p. c. 
     
    

    
     The average value of horses on farms per head is $63.64, 
     
     milch cows, $22.04, other horned cattle $10.63, sheep $3.06, 
     
     and swine $7.40 : and the average value of horses per farm 
     
     is $161.45, milch cows, $93.33, other horned cattle $45.36, 
     
     sheep, $29.17, swine $26.78 and poultry and bees $10.98. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Milk and cream sold to cheese and butter factories 
     
     amounted to $464,032. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The animal products for the census year were as follows : 
     
     Killed or sold for slaughter or export, cattle, 19,497, sheep 
     
     54,394, swine, 46,104, poultry 161,808, fine wool 153,133 
     
     lbs., coarse wool, 267,305 lbs., butter, (home~made) 1,398,- 
     
     112 lbs., honey 2,177 lbs., eggs 2,426,251 doz., valued at 
     
     nearly a quarter of a million dollars. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The aggregate area of land under crops in 
     
     1900 was 448,737 acres, the chief crops being 
     
     hay, oats, wheat and potatoes. These four crops occupied 
     
     94.30 p. c, of the whole area—hay 40.65, oats 36.74, wheat 
     
     9.45 and potatoes 7.46 p. c. Next in importance, are roots 
     
     mixed grains, and barley. Hay, wheat, oats and potatoes 
     
     yield largely, supplying the home consumption as well as 
     
     furnishing considerable for export to provincial and foreign 
     
     markets. But, since the great development of the dairying 
     
     industry and the introduction of new farming methods, the 
     
     yields and export of the three last named products have 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Field Crops