AVERAGE PRODUCE PER IMPERIAL ACRE.

New Brunswick   State of New York
Bushels           Bushels
Wheat               20                14
Barley              29                16
Oats                34                26
Rye                 201/2                91/2
Buckwheat           333/4               14
Indian Corn         413/4               25
Potatoes           226                90
Turnips            460                88
Hay                  13/4               —­

A possibility of error in striking the averages is suggested in the report; and to guard against it the following statement of the averages derived from the minimum returns is given, viz.:—­Wheat 173/4 bushels; Barley, 27; Oats, 33; Buckwheat, 28; Rye, 18; Indian Corn, 361/2; Potatoes, 204; Turnips, 389.  The diminished averages scarcely affect the question of productiveness, as in every particular they exceed the averages for the favored Genesee Valley and the southern shores of Lake Ontario.

While the productiveness of the soil is thus proven by the statements of most experienced farmers, the average prices appear to be equally favorable to the Provincial growers.  The following tables of averages set this in a clear point of view:—­

AVERAGE PRICES OF GRAIN PER BUSHEL AND PER QUARTER.

Per Bushel   Per Quarter
Wheat         7s. 6d.        60s. 0d. 
Barley        4   21/2         33   8
Oats          2   0          16   0
Rye           4  10          38   8
Buckwheat     3   9          30   0
Indian Corn   4   8          37   4

ROOT CROPS AND HAY.

Potatoes        1s. 11d. per bushel. 
Turnips         1    2       "
Eng.  Hay       49    0   per ton. 
Carrots         2    5   per bushel. 
Man.  Wurtzel    2    1       "
Marsh Hay      20    0   per ton.

AVERAGE MONEY VALUE OF AN ACRE OF EACH CROP. 
New Brunswick   Canada West    State of Ohio
Wheat         L 6 13 0        L2  4  7       L2 19 0
Barley          5 13 71/2        1 19  41/2       2  4 0
Oats            6  3 6         1 11  0        1 13 9
Rye             4  7 0         1  5 101/2       1 12 4
Buckwheat       5  5 0         3  5  0        1 16 3
Indian Corn     8 10 4         2 14  41/2       2 15 0
Potatoes       19 11 0         6  6  0        6  9 41/2

On a review of the foregoing and other tables, Professor Johnston has drawn the following conclusions:—­

“That grain and roots generally can be raised more cheaply in the Province of New Brunswick than in New York, Ohio, or Upper Canada; and that the Province ought to be able to compete with those countries and drive them from its home markets.”

Such are the deductions of a skilful and scientific, practical and theoretical agriculturist, from the statements furnished by the most enterprising and successful of our colonists.  Nevertheless, I cannot conceal a doubt whether all the elements of comparison have been duly weighed.  The result, especially as regards wheat, is so contrary to pre-conceived opinions, that further investigations should be made.  Is it not possible that, while an equality of expense in preparing the land for a wheat crop appears to have been assumed, the great care and expense necessary in New Brunswick to prepare the land, and an occasional succession of minimum returns would, to a very considerable extent, account for the supposed discrepancy?