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