The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-11-28
WESTERN CANADA
A WINNER
The CROP or 1907 IS AN EXCEL
LENT ONE.



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
viii be about $4,000, 900 bushels and
the price the farmers viii realize for
Il will be upwards OF seventy million
dollars. The cat crop was good in
most places, and the crop OF barley
viii be very remunerative. Those who
know Of the generally unsatisfactory
conditions during the seeding. grow
Ing and ripening period in the United
States during the past season. viii
look with righteous distrnst on any
statement intended to give the impress.
sion that Western Canada conditions
were so much different. Generally.
they were not. but the conditions Of
q highly recupeTatiye soil, long and
continuous sunshine. are conditions
possessed BY Western Canada aud not
epossessed by any other country on the
Continent This Is why Il Is possible
20 record today a fairly successful
crop. when In most other places the
opposite is the case. The yield ia al
grains Is less than last year. but the
higher prices obtained more than on.
set any falling Oh in the yield. Take
for instance the Province OF sas
katchewan the wheat crop Will be
worth s2f.tS5.000 Last year the
same crop was IS per cent. larger and
the quality better. The yield was
worth $4,000 600. Oats aud barley are
very important factors in all three
central Provinces. Al Gladstone, Man
itoba, returns from one farm we're s2T
per acre from the wheat land. S3b per
acre from oats. Snd $50 per acre from
barley. The yield OF wheat at Dauphin.
Manitoba. was 20 10 "A bushels to the
acre but not OF a very good grade
bat the yield Of barley in thai section
was good and so was the quality and
price. At Meadow Lea, Manitoba. Is
70 20 bushels 20 The acre were
thrasbcd, bringing a round dollar on
the market. AZ Oak Lake. Manitoba.
on some Fields where II bushels we're
expected, twelve and fifteen was tht
result; others again where twenty was
looked for gave twenty-five 70 twenty
Eve. One special patch south Of town
on J.. ~ MeFariane's farm went as
high as thirty bushels 20 the acre. a.
sheho. Saskatchewan. oats yielded
from 60 TO GO buehols 10 the acre, Sam
Wuudor throshed $500 bushels from
forty acres The sample Is good and
weighs we'll. AZ Lloydminster. sas.
katchewan. W. Bibby threshod %
bushels uf oats 10 the acre. nnd two
other were but little behind. wheat
here reached 80 bushels. AZ Portage
Ia Prairie. Manitoba, from a quarter
section an in crop. Alex. McKinnon OF
ingleside threshed an average Of 80
bushels No. / Northern. l. J.. Grant
had 100 sores. yielding s.000 bushels
OF tho same grade. These illustrations
taken from widely distant districts
land thousands Of others could be
produccdl show that the year 1907 has
not felt the serloHs effects from severe
winter. late spring. or u~nfayorahie
conditions during The growing season
that might have been anticipated Ia
order TO learn more about this country
write 70 the Canadian Government
Agent whose address appears else
whore. and get a copy OF the new
Last Best West, which he viii be
ricasrd 10 mail % free.