The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-03-12
wEAT WINTER WHEAT Is DOING
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA.

HanchInE Plains of Canadinn
West.
That portion of the country in West
era Canada formerly recognized as
raEChing country has developed into
cue 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 S25 TO $50 per acre. These
lands are poW selling at from $l2 to
$20 por acre. aud pay well at that fig
ure II. Howes, Of Magrath, Alberta,
Western Canada, had 30 acres Of land
in wheat, which averaged AZ bushels
to the acre; his yield Of oats was %
bushels. The value to him per acre OF
wheat was $50. j. L. HaycOck of the
same place says, Il had IS acres of
wheat, 80 acres of oats and 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 s. bushels The
value to me per acre was wheat, $2S;
y
shaw, of Magrath had 1890 acres OF
wheat in crop that averaged 39l. bush
els to the acre, his oats 81 bushels,
barley So bushels. He threshed $1,000
bushels of wheat from $40 acres. He
also had 200 tons of sugar beetS from
% acres worth $5.C2l2 per ton. w. S.
Sherod, of Lethbrdge, says, IL 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 i'm the fall Of 1906, which
yielded forty-One and half bushels
to the acre, for which | received SIh
cents per bushel, which paid me $3G.30
per acre. had 1870 acres "stubbled
in that is. disced in on the stubble,
which yielded 22 bushels to the acre at
S7h cents per bushel, which paid me
$19.25 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 it was
a good looking crop, it was allowed to
so. From this We threshed 10 bushels
10 the acre, which paid US at the rate
of ST1h cents per hushel. or $13.12 per
acre. Our total crop yielded us 14,742
bushels of firSt-claSs wheat. Taking it
as whole, | consider that | had
frst-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
never touched at all until the binder
was put into it) l consider l had
heavy crop. | might say that | was
in North Dakota five years. and never
grew as heavy 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" r. w. Bradshaw,
of Magrath, says, Il had this year 400
acres in crop; viz, 200 acres of wheat
and 200 acres in oats. NJ average
yield of oats to the acre was 80 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 81 cents per bush
ell and $i.05 per hundred for oats. I
also had 100 tons of hay worth $12 per
ton, and 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
Spring Coulee. Alberta. W. l.. ThOmp-
son says, 81 had this year 1900 acres
in crop: viz, 1000 acres of wheat and
1000 acres of oats. Ny average yield
of oats to the acre was 30 bushels and
OF wheat 35 bushels. The valre 10 me
per acre for wheat was $27 and for
oats SIS"
Information regarding the districts
mentioned, best way to reach them,
low rates, certificates. ETC., can be Sc
cured from any agent of the Canadian
government, whose advertisement ap-
pears elsewhere.-Ed.)