Resources 
     
     Products In the year 1901 the products included : 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wheat, acres under cultivation 42,318, yield, 738,679 bush. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Barley, “ 4,563, “ 105,625 “ 
     
     Oats, “ 164,472, “ 4,561,097 “ 
     
     Buckwheat, “ 2,993, “ 49,689 “ 
     
     Potatoes, “ 33,405, “ 4,986,633 “ 
     
     Other field roots, “ 8,905, " 3,932,591 “ 
     
     Hay, “ 181,996, “ 168,326 tons 
     
     Mixed grain, “ 6,788, “ 227,146 bush. 
     
     Grass and clover, " “ 9,781 “ 
     
     Corn in ear. “ 37, “ 834 
     
     Beans, “ 33, “ 496 “ 
     
     Peas, “ 148, “ 2,245 “ 
     
     Rye, “ 5, “ 65 “ 
     
     Forage Crops. " 2,027, “ 3,727 tons 
     
     Flax “ 28, “ 281 bush. 
     
     Hops “ 2, “ 1 425 lbs. 
     
     Tobacco “ 1 7 . “ 30,994 “ 
     
    
   
   
    
     The average yield per acre of the principal crops for 
     
     the harvests of 1890 and 1900 was :— 
     
    
   
   
    
     1900 1890 
     
     Spring wheat, bushels 17.45 13.72 
     
     Oats “ 27.73 19.00 
     
     Potatoes “ 149 30 162.50 
     
     Hay, tons 0.92 0.88 
     
     Stock The breeding of improved live-stock is receiving 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ram“! greater attention each year, and excellent animals 
     
     are to be met with in every section, enjoying immunity from 
     
     disease to a very large degree. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Owing to the ease with which turnips, potatoes, 
     
     oats, etc., are raised, coupled with the excellence of the 
     
     hay crop, Prince Edward Island is exceedingly well adapted 
     
     for cattle feeding. Enough cattle are raised to supply the 
     
     local market, and considerable numbers are shipped to the 
     
    
   
   
    
     neighboring Provinces, and afew to Great Britain. The 
     
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     Cattle