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  • Table of Contents

    • Part 1: First Nations of the Peace River Region
    • Part 2: The Fur Trade Era
    • Part 3: Transportation and Communication
    • Part 4: Old Timers and the Price of Land
    • Part 5: Dawson Creek: The Story of the Community
    • Part 6: Mysteries, Adventures and Indian Legends
    • Part 7: Arts, Crafts and Recreation
    • Part 8: Agriculture
    • Part 9: Church Histories
    • Part 10: Schools
    • Part 11: Health Care
    • Part 12: Industries and Enterprises
    • Part 13: Policing the Peace
    • Part 14: Pouce Coupe, Rolla, and Other South Peace Communities
    • Part 15: Chetwynd and the Fort St. John Area
    • Part 16: The Alberta Peace
    • Part 17: Natural History of the Peace River Region
    • Part 18: Interviews with Old Timers
    • Part 19: Remembering Our Veterans

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08-029: Agriculture – BC North Peace River

Estimated for 1956

Total number of farms: 1,000

Wheat – – – – – 25,000 acres Truck Gardens – – – – – – – 15 acres
Cats – – – – – – 25,000 acres Creeping Red Fescue – – – 1500 acres
Barly – – – – – – 30,000 acres Brome – – – – – – – – – – – – – 500 acres
Flax – – – – – – – 12,000 acres Altaswede – – – – – – – – – – – 50 acres
Tame Hay – – – 20,000 acres Alsike – – — – – – – – – – – – – – 150 acres
Summerfallows-25,000 acres Sweet Clover – – – – – – – – – – 350 acres
Pasture – – – – – 15,000 acres Alfalfa – – – – — – – – – – – – – – 600 acres

Truck Garden and

152,500 acres Total Seed Crop 3,265 acres

total acreage cultivated: 152,500

3,265

155,765

 

Milk production in 1956 was 1,022,000 lbs.

 

Livestock: Cattle – – – – – 9,000

Hogs – – – – – – 13,000

Sheep – – – – – 800

most farms have small poultry flocks 50 – 100 birds

 

R.W. Brown

Dist. Agriculturist

1919 – first grain shipped out – thousands of sacks – 75 cents a bushel for grain.

 

Information from Mrs F. Davies, Fort St. John

« 08-028: Pioneers into the Peace River District

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