The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-09-04

as hiGh rs one hundred bushels of
oats 20 the acre will be gathered in
Manitoba, saskatchewan and Alberta.
and some wheat viii go AS HIGH AS
FIFTY BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
though Of course this Is an unusual
yield.
Last spring It was widely advertised
In American papers that Alberta's win
ter wheat crop was n failure In fact,
this Is Albcrta's banner year in grain
production, as II is Saskatchewan
and Manitoba's, and from figures nj
ready In It Is estimated that Albcrta's
wheat will yield on an average of THIk
TYFIVE BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
TN many parts OF the province returns
will show yield of as high as FIFTY
bushels to the acre and II is freely
predicted by many that when the Of
fetal figures are In a yield OF at least
iorty.iire instead Of thirty.nyc bushels
to the acre will be shown.
At the time of my last journey
through the Canadian West. when my
purpose was largely to secure stats.
ucal matter for book use, | solicited
letters from American settlers in all
parts Of the three provinces. and most
of these make most interesting read.
ing Tho letter was written by A. Kal.
tcnbrunnrr, whose pOStunco address
IS Regina, Saskatchewan
~ few years ago" he SAYS. - took
up a homestead for myself and also
ono for nv SON Tho bolr eooi,,,,
which wc avn 10 Lo,ra,,, p ' -
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than last ror MT, ,,,, aa",
nnIlod n en-. ,hat ,ya..,,,n Co. ."',,,
crops cannot no rho,r..d o,a, 49,. 'na
usual conditions
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son to mo nc r,lI,,,s.
. 500 bushels OF wheat at 90 cents
a bushcl.....................$2 $3.50
9 600 bushels OF oats at 90 cents
abushcl................... 400
Total ................... $1,000
1t will be seen by the above that
this mans oat crop was worth twice
as much ns his wheat crop. While
the provinces of western Canada will
for all time to come be the worlds
greatest wheat growing regions, oats
are running the former grain a close
race for supremacy. The soil and eli.
matte conditions in Manitoba, Sas.
and Alberta are particular
ly favorable TO the production of oats,
and this grain, like the wheat, runs
far greater crop TO the acre than In
even the best grain producing states
of the union. Ninety bushels to the
acre Is not an unusual yield. whole
homestcads frequently running this
average And this is not the only ad.
vantage Western Canada oats have
over those OF the United States. for in
weight they run between forty and
fifty pounds to the bushel, while No.
1 wheat goes to slxty.two pounds TO
the bushel. In fact, SO heavy IS
Canadian grain of all kinds. and espe-
cially the wheat, that throughout the
west one will see cars with great
placards upon them. which read:
This car Is not TO be filed TO ca.
pacity with Alberta wheat"
When | made my first trip through
the Canadian West a few years ago
found thousands of settlers living in
rude shacks. tent shelters and homes
Of logs and clay. Today one will find
these old homes" scattered from
Manitoba to the Rockies. but they are
no longer used by human tenants.
Modern homes have taken their Mace
for 1t has come to be a common say.
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