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Population and Racial Origin The total population of Bruce (bounty, as recorded by the 1941 Census, is 41,680 persons, 20,146 of these being on farms. The population of the urban areas totals 16,623 leaving 4,911 persons as the rural non-farm population. The trend in population is shown in Figure 3. It is apparent that,, since 1881, t,here has been a steady decrease in population. Evidently the shift in population has been away from the County altogether, since neither the rural nor urban areas show a marked increase in population during the period of 1881 to 1941. Alt,hough the population is dominantly of British origin, many came originally from other countries. Table 1 presents figures from the 1941 Census indicating the origin of the population. TABLE 1 YOPI~LATION ACCORDING TO PHINCIPAL ORlGlN Total Population... Scot,tish Trish ,. English.. German.. Indian.. French... All Others. ._ 41,680 10,707 10,266 9,325 8,725 817 .\. 764 ,, 1,076 100% 25.7 24.6 22.4 19.9 2.0 1.8 2.6 1871 1881 1891 1901 I911 1921 1931 1941 FIG. 3-Trends in population for Bruce Cozcnty. (1871 - 1941) 12
Transportation and 3farkets Transportation in Bruce County, for many of its early years, depended upon the waterways. However, in 18-l8 the government opened up a colonization road running from Simcoe County to the mouth of the Penetangore River. This was the first road in Bruce County. Since that time many improved roads have been built and the County is now served by a good system of highways. Highway No. 21 follows the Lake Huron shore and connects Owen Sound and Kincardine. Highway No. 6 serves the Bruce Peninsula and has created a good summer playground. This highway also connects Wiarton with Owen Sound, Guelph and Hamilton. Kincardine and Walkerton are joined by Highway No. 9. In addition to these main highways there is a good system of County highways and township roads. The first locomotive steamed into Walkerton on November 30, 1871. On December 7, 1872 the railway was completed to Southampton. Since that time the railway facilities have been greatly increased. The Canadian National Railway serves the larger part of the County with lines running from Lucknow t)o Kincardine, Clifford to Walkerton to Southampton, and Hanover to Chesley to Wiarton. These lines meet at Palmerston. The Canadian Pacific Railway has two short lines in the County, one going from Wingham to Teeswater and the other going from Hanover to Walkerton. The railway systems afford connections to all the major centres and present a means of transportation of farm produce to distant markets. 13
Page 2 and 3: y D. W. HOFFMAN Experimental Farms
Page 4 and 5: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Canada Departme
Page 6 and 7: TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont’d) PART I
Page 8 and 9: FIG. l-Outline map of Ontario showi
Page 10 and 11: Information pertaining to land use,
Page 14 and 15: PART II FACTORS AFFECTING THE FORMA
Page 16 and 17: TABLE 2 ANALYSES OF BEDROCK FORMATI
Page 18 and 19: The soils found on the coarse open
Page 20 and 21: ‘TOPOGRAPHY I Simple Topography )
Page 22 and 23: DRAINAGE SYSTEM FIG. 7 --Ott tline
Page 24 and 25: MONTH TABLE 6 TEMPERATURE AT LUCKNO
Page 26 and 27: SOUTHAMPTON, (62 Years) Ontario. 0
Page 28 and 29: NATURAL VEGETATION Soft Maple, Elm,
Page 30 and 31: P,4RT III THE CLASSIFICATION AND DE
Page 32 and 33: Ao - Accu mulated layer of partiall
Page 34 and 35: 1). Soils Formed from Fine Textured
Page 36 and 37: I. Till Composed of Grey Materials
Page 38 and 39: Agriculture Ao - Thin etc. layer of
Page 40 and 41: A virgin profile, developed under h
Page 42 and 43: Harkaway Silt Loam— Stony Phase (
Page 44 and 45: Wiarton Loam (3,500 acres) The Wiar
Page 46 and 47: Parkhill Silt Loam (2,600 acres) Th
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Page 52 and 53: Brookston Silt Loam (2,000 acres) T
Page 54 and 55: ii, Thin layer of partially decompo
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Page 58 and 59: The vegetative cover on this Plainf
Page 60 and 61: The characteristic A horizons of th
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Brady sandy loam is a smooth very g
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Agriculture General farming and dai
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The B horizon of the Burford loam r
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The topography is smooth very gentl
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The clay till or clay usually appea
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Developed on stonefree, calcareous,
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(ii) lmperfec t Drainage Elderslie
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The dark grey surface underlain by
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A 0 — A 1 — G 1 — G 2 — C T
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Agriculture Most of the mlick soils
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PART IV AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE Ea
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agriculture in the area. Large acre
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TEXTURE looms, silt looms. FIG. I,?
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The Donnybrook soils are usually a
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Good wheat crops are produced on Te
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(h) Imperfect Drainage SOIL TYPE AC
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Adaptability Rating for Bruce Count
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TABLE 19 ACRE-YIELDS OF SOME CROPS
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Problem Areas Gully-erosion is ofte
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otations consisting largely of sod
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PART V~ ANALYTICAL DATA Chemical an
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I TABLE 22 (Cont’d) CJJEMJCA I, A
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TABLE 23 CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANAL
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