Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-28
WESTERN CANADA A WINNER
The Crop Of 100: Is mn Exc~ll~n,
nttObn. saskatchewan aud
AIberta Farmers Doing Well.


Alberta Farmers Doing Well.
The interest that Western Canada
has aroused for some years past IS
growing in intensity. The conditions
of tho crop OF 1907 are such that re
suits can hr spoken of with some de
gree OF certainty. The Weld Of grain
will he about SO, OO0. 900 bushels and the
price The farmers VIII realize FOR it
will he upwards of seventy million dol
lars. The oat crop was good in most
places. and the crop Of barley will be
very remunerative. Those who know
of the generally unsatisfactory condi-
tiOns during the seeding. growing and
iipening period III the United States
during the past season will ook With
righteous distrust IN any statement IN
tended to give the impression that
Western Canada conditions We're so
much different. Generally, they were
not, but the conditions OF Il highly re-
Operative soil. ions ana continuous
sunshine. are conditions possessed by
Western Canada and not possessed by
any other country on the continent.
That is why 1t is possible TO record To-
day Il fairly successful crop, when in
most other places the opposite is the
ease. The yield in all grain is less than
last year. hut the higher prices oh
tanned more than offset any falling off
in tlie yield. Take FOR instance the
Province OF Saskatchewan. the wheat
crop will be worth SCI, l35.OOO. Last
ycar the same crop was 81 per cent
larger and the quality better. Tho yield
was worth $24.OOO.O 0O. Oats and bar
ley are very important factors in all
three central provinces. AT Gladstone.
Manitoba. returns from one farm were
$21 per acre from the wheat land. S35
per acre from oats, and $50 per acre
from barley. The yield of wheat at
Dauphin. Manitoba. WIS 20 TO "a bush
els to the acre. but not OF a yery good
grade, but the yield Of barley in that
section was good and S 70 was the quality
and price. AT Meadow Lea. Manitoba,
II to 20 bushels TO the acre were
threshed. bringing n round dollar on
the market. At Oak Lake, Manitoba,
on some fields where ~ bushels were
expected. II and IL was the result
| others again where 20 was looked for
gave % to ~. One special patch south
of town on J.. NJ. McFarlane'S farm
went as high as 30 bushels to the acre.
At Shelo, Saskatchewan. oats yielded
from go to Ca bushels t o the acre. Sam
Wunder thresled 800 bushels from 80
acres. The sample is good and weighs
we'll. At Lloydnlinster. Saskatchewan.
w. Bibby threshed ~ bushels OF oats
to the acre, and two others were but
little behind. Wheat here reached 30
bushels. At Portage la Prairie. Mani
toba, from a quarter section all in crop.
Alex. McKinnon of Ingleside threslied
an average OF 81 bushels No. | North
ern. !. j. Grant had 100 acres. Yield
ing 5000 bushels of the same grade.
These illustrations taken from widely
distant districts cane thousands OF 9th
| ers could be producod) show thai Tie
year 1907 has not felt the serious Of
fects from severe winter. late spring,
or ~unfavOrable conditions during the
growing season that might have been
anticipated. In order to learn more
about this country write to the Cana.
appears elsewhere. and get II copy nf
the new Last Best West. which he will
be pleased to mail you free.