The Monticellonian., 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 Canada formerly recognized as ranching country has developed into one of the best winter wheat districts In the continent. Yields are quoted running from % to co bushels to the acre. and giving a return 10 the farmer of from S25 to S50 per acre These lands are now selling at from Sl3 to $20 per acre, and pay well at that figure II. Howes of Magrath. Alberta, Western Canada. had jo acres 9f land in wheat. which averaged b bushels 10 the acre; his yield of oats Was 55 bushels. The value tO him per acre of wheat was $35.0e. J. F. Haycock of the same place, says: T had 65 acres of wheat. 8 acres of oats and four acres of barley. My average yield of oats 10 the acre was so bushels;
 wheat-winter-60 bushels and red fyfe, 33 bushels. and barley. 90 bush els. The value to me per acre was. wheat $2S00; cats, s3200, and bar ley, S24.00." ]. F. Bradshaw of Ma grath. had .030 acres of wheat in crop that averaged 39i2 bushels to the acre. his oats, 32 bushels; barley, 53 bushels. He threshed 31,000 bushels of wheat from 540 acres. He also had '250 tons of sugar beets from 25 acres worth s5.6212 per ton. W. s. Sherod. of Lethbridge, says: T came to Leth- bridge from Souris, North Dakota, in April, 1907, having purchased 900 acres of land in this district last fall l had 12S acres of Alberta Red winter wheat which was put in on breaking in the fall of 1906, which yielded 4112 bushels to the acre. for which I re- eeiyed S7l2 cents per bushel. which paid me S3630 per acre. I had f90 acres "stubbled in that is diseed in on the stubble, which yielded 22 bushels to the acre at S7 l2 cents per bushel, which paid me s19.25 to the acre. I also had 350 acres of strictly volunteer crop, which it was intended to prepare in the summer; but when 1t was seen that it was a good looking crop, it was allowed to go. From this We threshed 15 bushels to the acre, which paid us at the rate of S7l2 cents per bushel or $1312 per acre. Our total crop yielded us 14742 bush els of first-class wheat Taking it as a whole, I consider that I had first class crop all through; and. taking in- 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 was put into iD. l consider l had d heavy crop l might say that 1 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 the appearance of the weather, will be for some time yet" R. ". Bradshaw of Magrath. says: T had this year foo acres in crop. viz: 200 acres of wheat and 200 acres in oats. My average yield of oats 10 the acre was 50 bushels, and wheat, F bushels. The value to me per acre for wheat was $500, and oats. s1700. The highest price ob- tained by me this year or offered me for my grain was for wheat S2 cents per bushel, and s1.05 per hundred for oats also had 100 tons of hay worth $1200 per ton, and will say my wheat was all volunteer this year. Lots of wheat is averaging from 50 to 50 bushels per acre on summer fallow, and on new breaking. when the break ing was done early in the spring. Writing from Spring Coulee. Alberta, " L. Thompson says: T had this year 5000 acres in crop, viz: 2.060 acres of wheat and 1000 acres of oats. My average yield of oats to the acre was 30 bushels and of wheat 8 bushels. The value to me per acre for wheat was $27o0 and for oats S15.00."
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