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Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West - The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) by Samuel Strickland
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Rye . . . . . 2,181 "
Oats . . . . . 215,415 "
Peas . . . . . 54,657 "
Indian Corn. . . . 5,352 "
Potatoes. . . . . 210,913 "
Buck-wheat . . . . . 673 "
Mangel-wurzel . . . . 297 "
Turnips . . . . . 143,725 "
Hay . . . . . 12,823 tons.
Flax or Hemp . . . . 7,359 pounds.
Maple Sugar. . . . 351,721 "
Wool . . . . 54,347 pounds.
Fulled cloth . . . 10,303 yards.
Linen, or cotton cloth 1,197 "
Flannel, or
other unfulled cloth 41,397 "
Cheese for Market . . 7,761 pounds.
Butter for Market . . 58,873 "
Beef, or Pork for Market 1,308 barrels.

"And they further rejoice in the possession of the following stock:--

Neat Cattle . . . 26,260
Horses . . . . . 2,646
Sheep . . . . . . 20,022
Hogs . . . . . . 14,655

"The above gratifying examples speak loudly for the industry of the
settlers; and where hired labour can, with difficulty, be obtained at a
high remuneration, notwithstanding the yearly increased ratio of new
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