The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-08-29

American wheat belt. Angus MacKay, SUI
perintendent of the Indian Head expert
ment farm, set about to determines the
variety Of wheat best adapted to the larg-
est results. This has been found to be
Red Fife. In 1900, which was a, very bad
year. the rainfall being light and unevenly
distributed through the growing season,
the Red Fife on the farm came to the
front with; g showing Of thirty bushels and
twenty pounds to the acre. The average
yield for the Ave years from 1896 to 1893
was thirty-seven bushels and twenty-five
pounds to the acre. For eight years the
average was thirty four bushels and forty
seven pounds
There are many farmers h in the sas-
katchewan Valley who have never had less
than thirty, bushels
Think Of that you farmers who have
been raising ten bushels OF wheat to the
acre year after year. Think of that you
people who imagine that western Canada
is very close to the north pole and in
danger OF freezing UP in; the middle Of the
swimmer. z. .> e53s = s~'s,s9- .. .,.'a "
BY the way when the frost was blighting
corn in parts Of Iowa the hrst OF August,
it was not felt at all in Assiniboia and
Saskatchewan. 5.E<. ~ :
ss.,srsl ~ Phenomenal Yields. ~
But It may be said that yields Of wheat
or anything else on an experiment farm
do not represent what might be expected
from the conditions Of ordinary farming,
edge A few. figures will show that Indian
Head Experiment Farm yields are merely
typical rather than exceptional. We cite
a few 1901 yields. E. II -. 20 =.
The banner yield was that Of p. Stueck
Of Abernethy who raised sixty two BUSH
els of wheat on a single acre. - ~
w. r. Motherwell Of the same postoffce
vi bushels tWontv-
four acres. ,l.-. :...., -,
J. Glenn of Indian Head raised $4,000
bushels on 500 acres or forty-four bushels
to the acre. ~. ~, -. -'.
T. Livingstone Of Indian Head raised
5000 bushels on 100 acres. or fifty bushels
to the acre. =
R. johnson Of Qu'Appelle got $500 BUSH
els from eighty acres, or forty five bushels
per. acre. ~. - - Il.
Scores Of other Instances Of equal yields
| might be cited. : =:.n.s~-
Last year 100 bushels Of oats. ffty-six Of
barley and twenty-f1ve,. OF flax were not
| uncommon. +-..--..
Tremendous General Averages.
The average yield of wheat last year for
all parts of western Canada; good. bad and
indifferent regions, was nearly twenty-five
bushels. - =:
You can figure it ont for yourself: Acre.
age, $3.50, 900; yield, es,,176,0o0.
| - The whole Of Assinlboia averaged
| $3.50 bushels to the acre last year, and
| Saskatchewan 25.924, both Of them
| beating Manitoba by nearly busheI
| to the acre.
One district, In which part of the
Saskatchewan Valley Land company's
lands lie, averaged last year 1884
| Bushels to- the acre. on 100000 acres
i Another averaged 1878 on $4,000
! acres. d
| This years crop viii be, in every re.
spect. the equal of last years.
| assuming: that; it lis the yield per acre
in the Northwest Territories for the past
I acre. In should be remembered that this
included thetyery bad year of 1900, wher
thousands Of acres of wheat in the north
Invest were not cut at all. Yet the average
yield in the Saskatchewan valley thai
year was 10sbushels to the acre. 3
Farming Is a, business that is dependent
upon weather everywhere. In all coun
! tries there come bad years. 1t Is the gen
eral average of returns for a number O.
years that should be looked to.
* Evensfn the bad year of 1900 there were
many parts of Assiniboia and Saska tche
tswan zthat&got from twenty to thirty bush
els per acre.
Quality Is High.
While speaking of quantity, qualit.
should not be neglected. The quality o
Assiniboia and Saskatchewan wheat i
better than that Of Minnesota and tn
Dalzotas. Most Of it grades No. l hard
Any other grade is the exception. TIL
price rules about the same as In tn
United States. AS the price Of wheat i
determined in the central markets of tn
world, the fact that Canadian wheat i
shut out of the United States by the tariff
Of Is cents a bushel has no effect on tn
price. i.
Moreover. Minneapolis millers are be
ginning to grind Canadian wheat in bond
The Washburn- Crosby Flour Millini
company Of Minneapolis has recent
ground 200, 900 bushels in that manner
and is building a 5000 barrel mill which
If conditions favor, will be used exclusive
ly to grind Canadian<Wh