The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-11-29
WESTERN CANADA
A WINNER
THE CROP or 1907 is AN EXCEL
LENT ONE.
Manitoba. sask atehewsn and Alberta
Farmers Doing Well.

The interest that Western Canada
has aroused for some years past is
growing in intensity The conditions
Of the crop OF 1907 are such that re-
suits can be spoken OF with some de-
gree Of certainty. The yield OF grain
will g about s0O00,0OO bushels and
the price the farmers will realize for
il VIII be upwards OF seventy million
dollars The oat crop was good in
most places, and the crop OF barley
will be very lemuneratiye. Those who
know Of the generally unsatisfactory
conditions during the seeding. grow
ing and ripening period in the United
States during the past season, Will
look with righteous distrust on any
statement intended 10 give the impress
sion that Western Canada conditions
were so much different Generally.
they were not. but the conditions OF
highly recuperatiye sell, long and
continuous sunshine. are conditions
possessed by Western Canada and not
possessed by any other country on the
Continent This is why 1t is possible
TO record today a fairly successful!
crop, when in most other places the
opposite is the case. The yield in all
grains is less than last year, but the
higher prices obtained more than of
set any falling of in the yield. Take
for instance the Province of Sas-
katchewan the wheat crop will be
worth s2l.l35 600 Last year the
same crop was IS per cent. larger and
the quality better. The yield was
worth s24. 200. 600 Oats and barley are
very important factors in all three
central Provinces At Gladstone, Man
itoba. returns from one farm were sZf
per acre from the wheat land. sS5 per
acre from oats. and $50 per acre from
barley. The yield Of wheat at Dauphin,
Manitoba. was 20 TO "a bushels to the
acre but not OF a very good grade
but the yield OF barley in that section
was good and so was the quality and
price. At Meadow Lea Manitoba, il
to 90 bushels TO the acre were
thrashed. bringing a round dollar on
the market. At Oak Lake. Manitoba
on some fields where 81 bushels were
expected. twelve and fifteen was the
result: Others again where twenty was
looked for gave twenty-five 10 twenty
FIVE. One special patch south OF towr
on j. NJ McFarlane's farm went a.
high as thirty bushels TO the acre A
Sheho. Saskatchewan, oats yielded
from so 10 60 bushels 10 the acre. san
Wunder threshed $500 bushels from
forty acres. The sample is good an
weighs well. At Lloydminster, Sas
katchewan. w. Bibby threshed ?
bushels OF oats TO the acre. and tw
Others were but little behind Whea
here reached 35 bushels. At Portag
la Prairie. Manitoba. from a quartz
section all in crop, Alex. Mckinnon &
Ingleside threshed an average of 3
bushels No. / Northern. |. J. Gran
had 100 acres. yielding 5000 bushel
of the same grade. These illustration
, taken from widely distant district
Cand thousands OF others could b
produced) show that the year 1907 ma
not felt the serious effects from sever
winter. late spring, or unfavoraol
conditions during the growing seaso
that might have been anticipated.
order TO learn more about this count
/ write to the Canadian GovernmeI
! Agent whose address appears els
) where. and get a copy OF the ne
Last Best West. which he will
r pleased 10 mail you free.