The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-03-12
WHAT WINTER WHEAT rs DOING
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
Splendid Crops ON the Forme,
RanchlnE Plains Of Canndiau
West.

tIEI E4rN.E tf& ~ s E
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 $25 to $50 per acre. These
lands are now selling at from $12 to
$40 per acre, and pay well at that fig
ure. H. Howes, of Magrath, Alberta,
Western Canada, had so acres Of land
in wheat, which averaged 45 bushels
to the acre; his yield of oats was 35
bushels. The value to him per acre of
wheat was $35. j. f. Haycock Of the
same place says, 81 had IS acres Of
wheat, 35 acres Of oats and 4 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 bushels. The
value to me per acre was wheat, $2S;
oats, $50, and barley. $24." J.. F. Brad
shaw, of Magrath, had 1000 acres Of
wheat in crop that averaged 1914 bush
els to the acre, his oats 80 bushels,
barley SO bushels. He threshed $1,000
bushels of wheat from $40 acres. He
also had $50 tons of sugar beets from
25 acres worth $5.62A per ton. w. S.
Sherod, Of Lethbridge, says, II came
to L%ethbridge from Souris, North Da-
kota, in April, 1907, having purchased
900 acres of land in this district last
fall. l had 1913 acres of Alberta Red
Winter wheat. which was put in on
breaking in the fall Of 1906, which
yielded f%orty-one and a half bushels
to the acre, for which l received 8I:53
cents per bushel, which paid me 5000
per acre. / had 100 acres stumbled
in - that is, disced in on the stubble,
which yielded % bushels to the acre at
S71a cents per bushel. which paid me
S19.25 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 1t was
a goo d-looking crop. 1t was allowed to
go. From this we threshed Is bushels
to the acre, which paid us at the rate
Of S7h cents per bushel, or $13.12 per
acre. Our total crop yielded us IA, 742
bushels of irst-class wheat. Taking it
as Il whole, l consider hat | had a
first-class crop all through; and, taking
into consideration the fact of part of
the crop having been "stubbled in" and
part strictly volunteer (Which was
nnvnr tnl1ohnd of oil until fho hiy,1a,.
was put into it, l consider l had a
heavy crop. l might say that was
in North Dakota five years. and l never
grew as heavy a crop during that time.
This is the 25th day of November, and
my teams are still ploughing, and from
for some time yet II. w. Bradshaw,
of Magrath, says. Il 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 so bush
els, and wheat 22A bushels. The value
oats SIT. The highest price obtained
by me this year OF offered me for my
grain was for wheat 80 cents per bush
ell and $1.O5 per hundred for oats. i
also had 100 o n Of hay worth $12 per
ton, md will say my wheat was all
volunteer this year. Lots of wheat is
averaging from 80 to 60 bushels per
acre on summer fallow. and on new
breaking, when the breaking was done
early in the spring" Writing from
SDrine Coulee. Alberta, w. T.. TboinD-
son says, II 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 SGT and for
oats SIS"
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