52 CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.

CANADIAN AND AMERICAN AVERAGE WHEAT
YIELDS.

20 bus

15 bus

10 bus

S bu’

= 3 es »3 3
= 4 5 TY
2 wn [5
=R BREEN Z
or] - = - =

420 bus,

415 bus.

-1 10 hus.

5 bus.

2
bee

‘In the above diagram the figures—all of which are
compiled from official sources—afford some instructive
comparisons, and fully demonstrate the superiority of
the Canadian North-West in the matter of wheat productiveness.
 As will be seen from the diagram, the
average yield per acre in Manitoba for the past twenty
years is more than double that of South Dakota, and
50 per cent, greater than that of Iowa, the best of the
wheat-growing States.
# The yield per acre of wheat in Canada is larger
than it is in the United States. In 1902 the average
crop given for the whole of the United States, including
 winter and spring wheats, is about 14'5 bushels
per acre. The same year the average of spring wheat