Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-13
WHAT WINTER WHEAT IS DOING
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
Splendid Crops ON the Former
Ranching Plains of Canadian

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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, M giving a return to the farmer
of from $25 to $50 per acre. These
lands are now selling at from So to
$50 per acre, and pay well at that fig
ure. II. Howes, of Magrath, Alberta,
Western Canada, had 80 acres of and
in wheat, which averaged 40 bushels
to the acre his yield of oats was 80
bushels. The value to Kim per acre Of
wheat was $50. j. +. Haycock of the
same place says, Il had 65 acres of
wheat, 80 acres of oats and 4 acres
of barley. My average yield of oats
to the acre was So bushels; wheat
winter-G0 bushels and Red Fyfe 33
bushels, and barley so bushels. The
value to me per acre was wheat. S2S;
oats, $50, and barley, $24." j.. f. Brad
shaw, of Magrath, had 1,O3O acres of
wheat in. crop that averaged 391a BUSH
els to the acre, his oats 80 bushels,
barley 80 bushels. He threshed 31,0O0
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, II came
to Lethbridge 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 I received S7h
cents per bushel, which paid me 5000
per acre. l had 100 acres %"stubbled
in = that is, disced in on the stubble,
which yielded % bushels to the acre at
S7MR cents per bust.e! which paid me
1925 to the acre. / also had $50
acres of strictly volunteer crop, which
1T 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 Is bushels
to the acre, which paid US at the rate
Of S7h cents per bushel, or 1912 per
acre. Our total crop yielded US A.
bushels of first-class wheat. Taking it
as a whole, l consider that I had a
frst-class crop all through: and. taking
into consideration the fact of part Of
the crop having been stumbled in" and
part strictly volunteer (Which was
never touched at all until the binder
heavy crop. l might say that 1 was
in North Dakota FIVE years, and / never
grew as heavy a crop during that time.
This is the 2Jth day of November, and
my teams are still ploughing, and from
the appearance of the weather, will be
for some time yet" Il. w. Bradshaw,
of Magrath, says, II 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 221a bushels. The value
to me per acre for wheat was $40 and
oats SIT. The highest price obtained
by me this year or offered me for my
grain was for wheat 50 cents per BUSH
Ell and $1.O5 per hundred for oats. I
also had 100 tons of hay worth $12 per
ton, and will say my wheat was all
volunteer his year. Lots of wheat is
averaging from SO to 60 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 1900 acres
in crep; viz, 1000 acres of wheat and
1000 acres of oats. My average yield
of oats to the acre was 30 bushels and
of wheat 80 bushels. The value to me
per acre for wheat was $27 n for
oats SIS"
Information regarding the districts
mentioned, best a TO reach them,
low rates, certificates, etc. car be Sc
cured from any agent Of the Canadian
government. whose advertisement APP
pears elsewhere.-Ed.)
S. C.. ". u. No. 11-1g03.