RURAL AREA. TABLE VIII. Showing by County Municipalities and groups of Counties the Rural Area of Ontario as returned by municipal assessors for 1898. *Including Thunder Bay and Rainy River in this and succeeding tables. AREA AND PRODUCE-FALL WHEAT. TABLE IX. Showing by County Municipalities and groups of Counties the area and produce of Fall Wheat in Ontario in the years 1897 and 1898, with the yearly average for the seventeen years 1882-98; also the yield per acre. AREA AND PRODUCE-SPRING WHEAT. TABLE X. Showing by County Municipalities and groups of Counties the area and produce of Spring Wheat in Ontario in the years 1897 and 1898, with the yearly average for the seventeen years 1882-98; also the yield per acre. AREA AND PRODUCE-BARLEY. TABLE XI. Showing by County Municipalities and groups of Counties the area and produce of Barley in Ontario in the years 1897 and 1898, with the yearly average for the seventeen years 1882-98, also the yield per acre. Lambton 13,271 398, 130 30.0 Huron 21,592 31.2 Bruce... 12,511 Grey Totals.. Middlesex 16,392 485,203 29.6 Oxford 13,900 436,460 31.4 Brant. 11,763 673,670 20,228 574,475 28.4 399,101 31.9 10,893 299,558 27.5 47.374 1,470,901 31.0 42,884 1,161,050 27.1 17,935 495,006 27.6 16,578 437,659 26.4 25,097 697,697 27.8 28,140 754,152 26.8 43,032 1,192,703 27.7 44,718 1,191,811 26.7 16,684 492.178' 29.5 15,286 411,697 26.9 14,075 334,985 23.8 14,981 184,460, 25.1 287,017 24.4 432,263 29.7 62 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 37). AREA AND PRODUCE.-OATS. TABLE XII. Showing by County Municipalities and groups of Counties the area and produce of Oats in Ontario in the years 1897 and 1898, with the yearly average for the seventeen years 1882-98; also the yield per acre. 36.6 39.0 36.2 30.1 30.6 627,257 30.1 34.5 36.0 37.3 33.6 35.7 32.5 35.0 33.6 37.4 38.5 34.0 40.9 36.9 36.8 |