Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-12
WHAT WINTER WHEAT Is DOING
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
Splendid Crops the Former
Ranching Plains of Canadian
West.

Ranching Plains of Canadian
West.
That portion Of the country in West
ern Canada formerly recognized as
ranching country has developed into
one of the best winter wheat districts
in the continent. Yields are quoted
running from 80 to 60 bushels to the
acre, and giving a return to the farmer
of from SO to $50 per acre. These
lands are now selling at from s12 to
$50 per acre, and pay well at that fig
ure. Ii. Howes, of Magrath, Alberta,
Western Canada. had 80 acres of land
in wheat which averaged 45 bushels
to the acre; his yi>ld of oats was 80
bushels. The value to Kim per acre of
wheat was $50. J. +. Haycock of the
same place says. Il had 10 acres of
wheat, 81 acres of oats and acres
Of barley. My average yield of oats
TO the acre was so bushels; wheat
winter-60 bushels and Red Fyfe 80
bushels, and barley so bushels The
value to me per acre was wheat, SIS;
oats, So, and barley. S24." ]. T. Brad
shaw, of Magrath, had 1000 acres of
wheat in crop that averaged 1912 bush
els to the acre his oats 81 bushels,
barley 53 bushels. He threshed 81, 900
bushels of wheat from $40 acres. He
also had go tons of sugar beets from
% acres worth S5.6212 per ton. w. S.
Sherod, of Lethbridge, says, Il came
to Lethbridge from Souris, North Da-
kota. in April, 1907, having purchased
900 acres of land in this district last
fall. | had 1913 acres of Alberta Red
Winter wheat. which was put in on
breaking in the fall of 1906, which
to the acre, for which | received S112
cents per bushel. which paid me 5000
per acre. | had 100 acres ''stubbled
in;'' that is, disced in on the stubble,
which yielded % bushels to the acre at
ST. cents per bushel, which paid me
1925 to the acre. | also had $50
acres of strictly volunteer crop, which
it was intended to prepare in the sum-
mer; but when it was seen that it was
a goOd-lOoking crop, it was allowed to
go. From this we threshed 10 bushels
to the acre, which paid us at the rate
of S115 cents per bushel, or $13.12 per
acre. Our total crop yielded us 14,T42
bushels of first-class wheat Taking it
as a whole, l consider that l had a
frst-class crop all through; and, taking
into consideration the fact of part of
the crop having been stumbled ill.," and
part strictly volunteer (Which was
was put into it, l consider 1 had
heavy crop. / might say that l was
in North Dakota five years and l never
grew as heavy crop during that time.
This is the 10Th day of November, and
my teams are still ploughing, and from
the appearance of the weather, will be
for some time yet" r. w. Bradshaw,
of Magrath, says, 4 had this year 400
acres in crop; viz, 200 acres of wheat
and 200 acres in oats. My average
yield of oats to the acre was 80 bush
els, and wheat 221a bushels The value
to me per acre for wheat was $40 and
oats ST. The highest price obtained
by me this year or offered me for my
grain was for wheat 80 cents per bush
ell and $1.05 per hundred for oats.
also had 100 tons of hay worth $12 per
ton, and will say my wheat was all
volunteer this year. Lots of wheat is
averaging from 80 to so bushels per
acre on summer fallow, and on new
breaking, when the breaking was done
early in the spring" Writing from
Spring Coulee, Alberta, w. l.. Thomp-
son says. 81 had this year 5000 acres
in crop; viz, 1000 acres of wheat and
1000 acres of oats. My average yield
of oats to the acre was 30 bushels and
of wheat 81 bushels. The value to me
per acre for wheat was $2T and for
oats $50"
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