Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-12
WHAT WINTER WHEAT Is DOING
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
Splendid Crops on the Former Ranch
ing Plains Of Canadian West.

That portion of the country in Wes'
tern Cana1a 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 S25 TO $50 per acre. These
lands are now selling at from $l2 TO
500 per acre, and pay well at mat
figure. H. Howes of Magrath, Alberta,
Western Canada, had so acres of land
in wheat, which averaged As bushels
to the acre; his yield of oats was 80
bushels. The value 10 him per aero
of wheat was $500. ]. F. Haycoek
of the same place, says: Il had 60
acres of wheat, 80 acres of oats and
four acres of barley. My average yield
of oats to the acre was so bushels;
wheat-winter-60 bushels and red
fyfe, 33 bushels, and barley, so bush
els. The value to me per acre was.
wheat, $500; oats, $1,000. and bar.
ley, $24.0O." ]. F. Bradshaw of Ma
grath, had 1000 acres of wheat in crop
that averaged 39R bushels to the
acre, his oats, 80 bushels; barley, 50
bushels. He threshed $1,000 bushels
of wheat from $40 acres. He also had
$50 tons of sugar beets from 25 acres
worth $5.62h per ton. w. s.. Sherod,
of Lethbridge, says: Il came to Leth'
bridge from Souris, North Dakota, in
April, 1907, having purchased 900
acres of land in this district last fall.
had 12S acres of Alberta Red winter
wheat which was put in on breaking in
the fall of 1906, which yielded 411s
bushels to the acre, for which | re-
ceived 87B cents per bushel, which
| paid me $500 per acre. had 100
, acres stumbled in" that is disced
in on the stubble, which yielded ~
bushels to the acre at STU cents per
bushel, which paid me Sl9.25 to the
acre. | also had $50 acres Of strictly
volunteer crop, which it was intended
to prepare in the summer; but when it
was seen that it was a good looking
= crop, it was allowed to go. From this
u we threshed 10 bushels to the acre,
U which paid us at the rate of 87R
Il cents per bushel or SHIP per acre.
Our total crop yielded us 14,742 bush
~ els of frst-class wheat. Taking it as
a whole, | consider that | had a first
class crop all through; and, taking in
n to consideration the fact of part Of the
crop having been "stubbled in and
part strictly volunteer (Which was
never touched at all until the binder
a was put into it), | consider | had a
h heavy crop. I might say that | was
If in North Dakota five years, and
d never grew as heavy a crop during
A that time. This is the 25th day OF
November, and my teams are still
p~loughing, and, from the appearance
of the weather, will be for some time
vet" R. w. Bradshaw of Magrath
says: Il had this year 400 acres il
crop, viz: 200 acres of wheat and 2O'
acres in oats. My average yield o
oats to the acre was so bushels, AM
wheat, 22b bushels. The value to mi
per acre for wheat was $1,000, an
oats, $500. The highest price oh
tanned by me this year or offered m
for my grain was for wheat 81 cent
per bushel, and $1.05 per hundred TO
oats. l also had 100 tons of ha
worth $1,000 per ton, and will say m
wheat was all volunteer this yea
Lots of wheat is averaging from SO t
go bushels per acre on summer falloV
and on new breaking, when the breal
\ ing was done early in the spring
1 Writing from Spring Coulee, Alberti
q w. L. Thompson says: 81 had this yea
"a 5000 acres in crop, viz: 1000 acres {
. wheat and 1000 acres of oats. M
IA average yield of oats to the acre wa
Y 80 bushels and of wheat 50 bushel
! The value to me per acre for whei
was $27.00 and for oats $1,000
Information regarding the district
mentioned, best way to reach ther
low rates, certificates, etc, can |
secured from any agent of the Canad
is an government, whose advertisemel
~ appears elsewhere.-Ed.)