The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-13
not A BUMPER CROP.
Manitoba Resigned to the Fact That
It Will Have but 100000
Bushels of Wheat.
Average Yield Placed at About 10
Bushels Money to Move the
Crops Is Ready.
speoial to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg Man., Aug 13.-The general
weather conditions have been against a
bumper crop for this year. Too dry
weather after the seed was in caused
many Of the crops to be thin and short.
Then in many districts the weather lately
has been cold and wet, and only good
average crop my be looked for, despite the
increased acreage under cultivation.
South Manitoba shows the worst results
in wheat crops. Careful inquiries prove
that 1t Is in many places a failure and
If it averages ten bushels it will come
up to expert calculations. Other parts of
Manitoba and the northwest, however,
show better results, and setting one dis
trict against another a fair average yield
may be looked for.
1t Is unfortunate. however, that SO many
English settlers have come out this year
with exaggerated ideas of the condition
of the crop British newspapers have been
led to believe that average crops In the
west run 40 to Sc bushels an acre. The
truth Is that no district in western Can
ada ever averages over 40 bushels In the
most favorable years. Twenty to IS bush
els Is nearer the mark.
The Manitoba Production. @...
Manitoba prospects are brighter than is
generally supposed. Against the shortage
in the south, where in some cases farm
ers have ploughed up the grain, it Is nec-
essary to set the north, and especially
the northwestern part Of the province,
where the yield will be almost If not up
to the average of last season, and in a
few places a little above. A careful es-
innate gives the south 10 bushels, north
II, northwest 25; general average IL. Last
year the Manitoba crops amounted to
10000 900 bushels with an average Of
about rs bushels an acre. This year. un-
Snv fIa 20 III
from now on, the crop will be 5000 900
bushels, with an average Of about Is
bushels. ..s. .rs
Hugh Mcclellan, deputy minister Of agrl-
culture estimates the number Of harvest
hands required this year at about 5000,
and the estimate for the Northwest ter
ritories is $4,000.
Mr.. Mcclellan says his department has
ceased issuing a forecast in August Of
the crop yield. He said the only use for
such document was to aid bankers and
| railways in their estimates for providing
facilities for handling the crop, and he
thought the banks and railways nowadays
were fully informed by their own agents
on these points.
Plenty OF Money on Hand.
Inquiries in local banking circles show
| that the banks are ready with all the
| necessary funds for moving the crop, and
thlngs nave much improved since last
year, when their resources were fairly
| taxed. All the money needed will be
forthcoming and no exceptional strain is
expected; in fact, the banks will be pre-
pared to deal with the monetary needs
| Of the harvest be 1t above or below ex-
pectations.
David McNicoll, second vice president
and general manager of the Canadian Pa.
| cif1c rilroad, who Is IN the west Arranging
for the carrying of this seasons crop, is
| confident that the yield can be moved
| without any semblance of grain block.
ade II the farmers will direct their efforts
| toward cooperation with the railways
He says there are o-day in the west more
| cars than were on hand in the midst O.
the grain rush last year. Besides, there
are thirty more locomotives coming, and
these, except few Scottish engines, art
powerful American-built" machines, anc
heavier than any seen in the west of Can
ada before.