Normal rainfall in inches per year: Toronto 29.42, Windsor 23.78, Peterborough 20.55, Montreal 27.26, Quebec 19.26, St. John 33.27, Halifax 43.08, Glace Bay 55.49, Sydney 49.42, Winnipeg 16.83, Spence's Bridge 3.88. COMPARISON OF LEADING INDUSTRIES IN THE UNITED STATES. (U. S. Census of 1890, in Round Numbers.) STATISTICS CONCERNING FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES. (Eleventh Census.) +Total area. Total area of farms, acres Number of farms, 1890. Improved land in farms, acres Total value of farms and stock, dollars Gross earnings on capital invested, per cent.. Average size of farms, acres. Av. value per farm with equipment and stock, dols. Number of farms under 50 acres. Farms cultivated by owner.... * Improved land. NOTE.-North Atlantic Div.: Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa. South Atlantic Div.: Del., Md., AVERAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1893-1895, INCLUSIVE. (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) Per Month for Sea- \Per Day in Harvest. Per Day other than son or Year. Harvest. VALUE OF PRINCIPAL FARM PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES. (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) *Other products include barley, buckwheat, flax fiber, flaxseed, hemp, hops, Irish potatoes, leaf tobacco, maple sirup, maple sugar, oats, rice, rye, sorghum-molasses, sweet potatoes, and wool. |