BY

TABLE 24.-ACREAGE AND LIVE STOCK PER FARM BY TYPE OF FARM,
PRINCE GEORGE-SMITHERS AREA, 1943-45

Shaan Improved Bred uc Prodicnve

Acreage Units Livestock
Unit
PP arb TI © wetee ter tcicqcrs veer oy Rice aione | eas Ac RETA ate heey maT bom 59 8-6 6-9
DU DSISTONCOs aa itGitn se ceclacc ort me ake Amey Mlerta el open a Sareea 39 7-0 5-6
‘CHOSE Ao SSSA OMEN O en AnD bee ea echs Set A Ca ee Mie aes Seo 74 2-6 28-5
HBT eS LO Che Rr tate Con nee eee Grae CL MONE cee irate ee aetna 75 22-1 3-4
EN Mie lea Ee ie SEG Oh oR EST ea Ea Pa ee be rea 104 16-8 6-2
ual iis Sa test eake see se iaeey paperanian, Be rays MeN ate wt git ea Mieinie isthe, G 52 9-4 5:5
Bvt esr Leas ioe etree tys tir Sie no fecene rence cha Herein NS gas Hsp eave are 173 30-2 5-7
WMeretableseedar icin ysuen iis mised Malt acne ttre Laas sls oe Re Mi tale 55 14:3 3°8
HVOTA PE SECC realy a i catenin et scene ai hese Meee rac Sho olen Sima 158 23-5 6-7
(Ohara nee Siete d ONDA OS EAO SCOR GS an ANG See nce ane ri aaie merece 132 20-6 6-4
JNU ERE COS EESE svi ccna es co ean Sia aes en eae Sain RTOS EERE aR ae 80 15-1 5:3

The Crop and Livestock Enterprises

The average farm in the area produced ten tons of grain and 40 tons of
hay during the year. This is probably lower than normal due to the partial
crop failure in the western portion of the area. The important point is that
about 60 per cent of the feed value produced was in the form of hay. In addi-
tion it was a common practice to utilize some of the area in forage crops as
pasture for livestock. There were certain farms, notably at Vanderhoof, where
grain crops exceeded forage crops in importance but for the most part feed was
produced in the form of hay or pasture. As well as the feed produced on the
cultivated land most farms had considerable pasture on unimproved land in
the farm or on leased wild land.

TABLE 25.PHYSICAL PRODUCTION PER FARM BY TYPE OF FARM,
PRINCE GEORGE-SMITHERS AREA, 1943-45

Farm Type ee eee eion
tons tons
6-4 27
2-0 25
12-8 34
8-6 51
18-6 43
5-8 24
12-1 68
1-2 12
9-1 88
4-2 34

1 One ton of grain is equivalent in feed value to 2} tons of hay. See Vrooman, C. W., G. D. Chattaway,
and Andrew Stewart, ‘‘Cattle Ranching in Western Canada’’, Appendix III. Dominion Department of
Agriculture Technical Bulletin 55. 1946.