The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15

bushels per acre. One strip of 10 acres Welded
exactly 500 bushels-the best yield reported |
His brother, John Moffatt. has 5000 bushels |
Of wheat off 120 acres, an average Of over ~ |
bushels all round. Off Is acres OF cats be had !;
about 1000 bushels-another 10O-bushel per !
acre field. Last spring Andrew Moffat sowed !
1k bushels of pure Red Fife wheat obtained
from the Indian Head experimental FARM on
two acres of land. This was very light to
sow and only a light yield was expected, but
the two acres threshed 40 bags or so bushels.
Andrew Dalgarno Of Pioneer threshedl 670S |
bushels Of Of wheat off ~ u, acres &c an average Of
had 2,400 bushels
James Coventry of Drinkwater had 1900 of
wheat off Is acres. and 1900 Of cats off SO
acres His son Robert had l2oO of wheat off
30 acres and GOO Of oats off IA acres.
John Bruhaker of Pioneer threshed 5,4S7
bushels of wheat off 16o acres, and 1900 bush
Robert Green Bofarm, had 2,19O bushels
of wheat off II acres. end GA of oats off 10
acres.
VIM. Watson, a Marlborough pioneer,
threshed 5000 bushels of wheat off $50 acres
and 5000 bushels Of oats off 40 acres. His
son, Angus, had 269S bushels of both wheat
and oats and David had 2S6 bushels of wheat
off 10 acres as his first crop.
r. w. Green had 163 acres of wheat and
$500 bushels; and .. off 40 acres of oats he
threshed $40 bushels she HE Mr.. Green runs
for twelve farmers he threshea over $4,000
bushels of grain.
Thomson's Big Yield.
Hugh Thomson of Buffalo Lake threshed
9, 800 bushels of wheat of 255 acres, an average
of 361a bushels. One 70-acre field average him
i3 bushels.
S. K Rathwell is another OF our large farm
ers. Last year, of 2so az acres he had 1900
1000 bushels. Off 40 acres of stubble land
and 20 of summer fallow he had 1000 bushels
CT oats. Since 1895 his summer fallow has
averaged So bushels per acre and his stubble
land 20 bushels.
James W. Smith. whose farms are situated
from four to seven miles northeast of town.
had probably the largest yield in this district
last year, having threshed 1900 bushels of
wheat off 500 acres, an average of 36 bushels
all round. Three hundred acres of summer
fallow averaged 40 bushels and some must
have gone 50 bushels Eighty acres of oats
yielded 5000 bushels.
Frank Lewis of Caron had 3,1S5 bushels
OF wheat off 100 acres, and 1900 OF oats off rs
acres. Mr.. Lewis crop all stubble and
breaking.
E. N. Hopkins, justice of the peace of b.
| HARM had $500 bushels of wheat off SO acres,
an average of nearly 80 bushels Another
piece CT t40 acres was damaged by hail and
only yielded $500 bushels average of only
IS bushels. off 40 acres of oats he had 1,5eO
bushels. These were also damaged by hail,
| one piece of 90 acres yielding only $50.
George Might, another Of our large farmers,
threshed $4,000 bushels Of wheat off 300 acres,
an average of 40 bushels all round, but some
|averaged GO hushela.
| George Tuxford who resumed farming last
year. has threshed 1920 bushels of wheat off
| 80 acres and also LOO bushels of oats One
! piece of oats averaged 90 bushels.
Andrew Hagerty of Stony Beach threshed
| g. 600 bushels of wheat off eco acres and 5000
had 1850 bushels of wheat off &C acres and
1890 Of oats off 80 acres. The oats grown on
summer fallow average over 100 bushels per
acre.
| Fine Flour Mills.
Moose Jaw can boast Of the most finely
equipped roller mills III the territories 1t mas
| Hour turned out is OF the highest quality and
! has free and ready sale in British COLUMBIA
1t furnishes fine large market for the wheat
| produced in the district Needless to say,
| the Moose Jaw flour mills have done more
to bring the district into prominence than
any other commercial institution
| Stock Raising.
!! About twenty-five miles $southw est of Moose
Jaw the country is we'll adapted to sheep rails.
ing, the land being rolling and springs OF
water are abundant Already large num-
and there is plenty of room for expansion IN
this direction. The climate agrees with sheep
and there is good demand for wool and
mutton. There is no disease among sheep;
Horse raising is one of the principal indus
| tries and is carried on extensively in the
country from forty to fifty miles from Moose
Jaw. IN Cne TdHcnlHS CCuulEy lioiSSS ioei
the prairie the year round, and are easily
raised. There is always a good demand and
the good ordinary farm horse will always re-
alze s1CO to s12o, SO that it can easily be
}seen there is money in this industry. The
country is we'll suited to this industry; the
pasturage is Of wide extent and disease among
horses is practically unknown.
| Cattle raising is carried on extensively by
the farmers, who feed large quantities of
Istraw during the winter season, and during
the summer the cattle are collected and herd
Mo r1,1,c hn h va
made a specially of raising cattle have estab-
lished ranches in various parts of the dis
trict Wild hay is abundant and there is an
ample supply of water This industry is