Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-28
WESTERN CANADA
A WINNER
THE CROP OF 1907 Is AN EXCEL
LENT ONE.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan 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 gram
will be about so, 900, 900 bushels and
the price the farmers will realize for
It will be upwards Of seventy million
dollars. The cat crop was good IN
most places, and the crop OF barley
will be very remunerative. Those VINO
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 distrust 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
a highly recuperatiye soil, long ana
continuous sunshine, are conditions
possessed by Western Canada n not
possessed by any other country on the
Continent. This is why it is possible
to record today a fairly successful
crop, when in most other places the
o~pposite is the case. The yield in all
grains is less than last year, but the
higher prices obtained more than ON
set any falling off in the yield. TAKE
for instance the Province OF Sas'
katchewan the wheat crop will be
worth $21,135 600. Last year the
same crop was IS per cent. larger ano
the quality better. The yield was
worth $24, 600, 900. Oats and barley are
very important factors in all three
central Provinces. At Gladstone, Man
itoba. returns from n farm were W
per acre from the wheat land, $50 pc
acre from oats, and $50 per acre r o
( barley. The yield of wheat at Dauphin
Manitoba, was 20 to "a bushels to tn
acre but not of a very good grade
but the yield of barley in that sectiol
was good and SO was the quality an
:, price. At Meadow Lea, Manitoba, l
) to 20 bushels to the acre Wer
thrashed, bringing a round dollar O
!, the market. At Oak Lake, Manitobt
q on some fields where 81 bushels wei
expected, twelve and fifteen was tn
result; others again where twenty wa
% looked for gave twenty-five to twent.
five. One special patch south OF tow
- on J, M. McFarlane's farm went
: high as thirty bushels to the acre. 4
G. Sheho, Saskatchewan, oats yielde
- from 60 to 65 bushels to the acre. Sal
~ Wunder threshed $500 bushels fro
forty acres. The sample is good az
weighs we'll. At Llo~ydminster, Sa
= katchewan, W. Bibby threshed
70 bushels of oats to the acre, n tV
10 others were but little behind. Vine
here reached IS bushels. At Portai
la Prairie, Manitoba, from a quart
8, section all in crop, Alex. McKinnon
Ingleside threshed an average OF
all bushels No. 1 Northern. /. j. Ora
ZEN had 1870 acres, yielding 5000 busht
III. of the same grade. These illustrate
,Ssy g taken from widely distant distrit
red land thousands of others could
pon produced) show that the year 1907 h
IN not felt the serious effects from seve
do, winter, late spring, or unfaVoraI
conditions during the growing seas
that might have been anticipated.
order to learn more about this count
write to the Canadian Governme
Agent whose address appears ell
where, and get a copy OF the n
= Last Best West, which he will
pleased to mail you free.