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.) NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION TEN YEARS OF AGE AND OVER. (ELEVENTH CENSUS.) *36.9 per cent of all persons having gainful occupations. STATISTICS CONCERNING FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES. (Eleventh Census.) Total area. Total value of farms and stock, dollars. Average size of farms, acres. Av. value per farm with equipment and stock, dols. Number of farms under 50 acres. 1000 acres, and over. 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. 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. |