The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-03-13
WHAT WINTER WHEAT rs rory0
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA.


West.
That porfIon " the country In West
ern Canada formerly scssag slzsd IS
~ranehing country has Developed into
ore OF the hest winter wheat districts
In the continent. Yields ARE quoted
russning from 10 10 sn bushels TO the
acre, and giving q return 10 the farmer
OF from So 10 $40 per acre. These
lands are now selling al from si2 ~
so per acre. and pas welt at that ts
ure. H. iiowes, OF Mngraih. Altesrsa.
Western Canada. had 10 acres al gasaa
In wheat. which averaged ~ bushels
n the acre, his yield ~ oats was -
bushels. rho value 10 Him per acre VI
wheat VAS SO. J. Y. iiaseoek os tile
same place says. II had ~ acres pf
wheat. - acres of oats and 4 acres
~ barley. My average yield of oats
to the acre was NJ bushels. wheat
winter 10 bushels and lied tyfc 81
bushels. and barley "a bushels. This
value TO me per acre was wheat. Sss.
oats. So. and barley. ST." j. u. Brad
shaw, OF Magratii. had 1850 acres af
wheat In crop that averaged ss3ts hassi,-
els to the acre. his oats ~ bushels.
barley 80 bushels. He thresiaed :tItsn
bushels of wheat from $40 acres. lie
ais, had 30 tons of sugar l1ssis from
- acres worth Sas2ts per ton. W. =.
ElsAsrxd. 81 fHthbridsr. wnsS. II came
TO Iefhbridge from Souris. North lDa-
kosa. In April. 1907. having purchased
900 acres OF land IN this district last
fall. | had us acres ~ Alberta Red
Winter wheat. which was put In on
breaking In the fall OF 1866. which
yielded forty one and = half bushels
10 the acre. for which | received STA
vents per bushei. which paid me 5000
per acre. l had 100 acres ~stnbbled
In - that In. disced In on the stni,bie.
which yielded 80 bushels to the acre at
s7hs cents per b,isiiei. which paid me
acres Of strictly volunteer crop. which
II was intended 10 prepare In the sum.
mer but when II was seen that II was
q good looking crop. II was allowed TO
90. From this We tbrexhed u bushels
10 the acre. which paid III ut the rate
Of STA cents per bushei. or St3.i2 per
acre. Our total crop yielded ~ i4.742
bushels " 1rst-ciass wheat. Taking Il
AZ a whole. | consider that ] had Z
iryt-cIass crop all through and. taking
into consideration the fact Of part Of
the crop having been 'stubblcd iu." and
part strictly volunteer (Which WINS
never touched nj all until the binder
was put into NJ consider I hsd .
heavy crop. ! might sny that was
In North Dakota ave years, and ! never
grew m heavy a crop during that time.
This Ii the 18th day Of November. aud
my a are still ~pl0nghing. and from
the appearance Of the weather. will BE-
for some time yet" n W. Bradshaw.
Of Magrath. nays. Il had this year 40
acres In crop viz. 90 acres VI wheat
and zoo acres In oats. Ny average
yield OF oats TO the acre was 50 bash
els. and wheat 22ja bushels. The vAlue
10 me per acre for wheat Al SD and
oats SIT. The highest price obtained
by me this year or offered me for my
grain was for wheat 81 cents PER bsnsf,-
FL and xI.at5 per hundred for oats.
also had 100 tons OF hay worth 81 T,er
ton. % will say my wheat was all
volunteer this year. Lots u wheat II
averaging from % 10 20 bushels per
acre IN summer faliow. aud on new
break M. when the breaking wa done
early In She spring." Writing frOm
Spriag coulee. Alberta. w. L. Th0emp-
son says. II had this year 1000 acres
In crop; viz. 1000 acres OF wheat and
1000 acres Of oats. Ny average yield
OF oats to the acre was 90 bushels aud
Of wheat 36 bushels. The value to me
per acre for wheat wal 81 and for
oats SIS"
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