The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-12-05

before the present rush Of wheat to the
market abates The conversion Of the
crop into money may be said to - pro
ceedinc in most satisfactory way and
there Is no doubt that millions os dollars
VIII have gone into the pockets Of the
farmers by the time navigation on the
lakes closes. Even then only small
PROPORTION Of the wheat will have come
out Experience has shown that the rail-
WAYS do not carry very much 81 the
Wheet to the Lake Superior ports before
the freeZe-up comes and the p-uy,or-
tinn VIII probably lie smaller than usual
This year on account OF the latenaSs os
tae thrashing season.
''On the whole the prospect IS a mos,
cheerful one. the likelihood beine. tust
the satisfactory returns for the pasr few
days viii be greatly exceeded in rr2 com
ing SIX or seven weeks. The fact Jhau
wheat Of any kind is bound to bring a r.
rrunerative price this season is the CON
forttEs feature OF the situation and there
Is no occasion for concern over the pos
shility Of the general quality % the
grain being below that of previous years
TIE high standard OF the wheat rttsed
IN the west in iSoj-l9l5 was undoubtedly
a great advertisement for the country
anl 10 would have been well IL that -N-
eel.-nt record could have been continued
buv u is not reasonable TO expect that 20
per cent OF the wheat will be OF contract
grade every year as X was in the years
mentioned II - per cent. or even %
per cent of this seasons yield he up
10 the contract standard there will be
from. Tor congratulatlon. The west Will
reap large return Of its invest ment of
money. time and labor this year as "a did
in amy preceding season. and by so do
in= 10 viii have done its whole duty TO
those who have placed faith in It's fertil-
ity and resOurcefulness- The breathing
sVa. 8: .t comes will enable the transpor-
ra-tnn companies and other elements in
the trade % the country TO catch up with
rsme Of their obligations and The i'm
pTuvements effected by that means viii
more than Offset any Inconvenience which
will result from a relatively smaller
production The general commercial OUT
I look is bright enough and only depressing
factors are due 10 the position Of a few
] communities widely separated IN which
/ there Is 4 sWail return from the crop
/ 1T is truS the season has not been
So favorable as otheF seasons but this
. condition is widespread The corn cror
\ I'm the states Of the union. where II Is
f, the premier crop Of the farmers is sub
I iect 10 frost. Frost has Undoubtedly mate
. rally reduced the total yield in places
this year. but after every allowance has
been made for this and other causes Ia,
fact remains that the total grain in 81
/ berta will be tbs largest in hister,
/ while in the other provinces the yield vi.
not fan far short Of other years.
The following extract from the Ed
monton Bulletin fairly describes the sitG
alton in Northern Alberta and Saskatehe
wan;
Cutting is practically completed. stack
ing Is in progress in some places. tbresh
ing will commence al once. A few lat
fields which were sown for green fee,
are being cut this week. The grain Is al
in stock and everywhere the glow OF au
tumn ningles with the glow of harvesl
4 great number of the oat helds show tn
typical yellow OF WEI ripened grain. Tn
, majority however. are too pale a vel
, low to Indicate full development and per
! feet ripening. Some late oats will be fe
} in the straw which is held by good catii
feeders to be the best way to feed oats
. In no year in the history of the sprin
wheat industry has there been a bette
, growth and production OF plant and
the crop of 1901 had been favored wit
more propitious condition during Septsm
| her all previous records OF wheat produc
! lion in this cosntry would have bee
eclipsed on the farm known as tile Mac
, leod farm ~ miles northeast OF the cit
: on the Fort Saskatchewan trail. sample
! ! OF Red Fyfe were taken that were un
formly plump and hard and OF eScelleT
color. This field should run S bushels
; the acre.