Natural resources of Quebec

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Identifikator:: 1796289558

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-181093

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Natural resources of Quebec

Edition:: Rev. ed.

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Natural resources intelligence service

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 132 p; illus., maps

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter III. The leading industry - agriculture

Collection:: Economics Books

AGRICULTURE 39 prairie land could be worked and its adaptability for wheat growing rendered the culture of that cereal less profitable in Quebec and accordingly fodder and other grains, principally oats, were grown instead. The high price of wheat in 1918 induced more Quebec farmers to sow this cereal and as a result a record crop was harvested, the value being over $14,000,- 000. The reports of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show the following average yields in bushels per acre of spring wheat for the five years 1922- 1927. Quebec is 16-4; Manitoba, 17-5; Saskatchewan, 17-3; Alberta. 17-2; Canada, 17-3. It is thus seen that the soil of Quebec is as well suited for wheat growing as any in the western provinces, once the land is cleared and made readv for cropping. Importance of Oats in Quebec.—No other crop, with the exception of hay, has such an extensive area as oats in the province of Quebec, whtre it is grown on practically every farm, and there is no doubt that it will long hold this important position on account of its suitability: for this part of the country. It is generally admitted that oats are naturally adapted to colder regions than barley, so that the cool and usually moist climate of most of the province of Quebec will make them grow to per- fection when other factors are properly attended to. Besides being grown alone, or in combination with other grains, for the matured seeds, oats may be used for other purposes. Thus, when meadows are winter-killed, oats may be grown and cured for hay, or they may be cut as green feed, or put into the silo. Careful tests at the Cap Rouge Experimental Station; for an average of thirteen years, on a sandy loam of better than average fertility, have shown that oats yield more pounds of grain per acre than barley or spring wheat, and a fact which is very important from a live stock feeding point of view, they produce more digestible nutrients than either of these two cereals, for the same area. ‘‘Banner” is, no doubt, the most popular variety grown in the province and has proved the most suitable, being hardy. productive, and having a good strong straw. Flax.—Although flax has been grown for its fibre, in Quebec, since Hebert established the first Canadian farm in 1617, it is not one of the principal crops. ~ It is readily grown in the province. however. and finds a good market in Canada. For the production of good fibre a moist climate with a long mode- rately-growing season is required. In Canada these conditions exist in the western part of British Columbia, southwestern Ontario, the valley of the St. Lawrence, and the Maritime Provinces. From experiments made by the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, Canadian flax is equal in strength to the best grades of Irish flax and is capable of yielding

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