Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-03-19
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 Yves.
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 so to 60 bushels to the
acre, and giving Il return to the farmer
of from S25 to $50 per acre. These
lands are now selling at from $12 to
$50 per acre, and pay we'll at that
figure. IL. Howes of Magrath, Alberta,
Western Canada, had so acres of land
in wheat, which averaged 40 bushels
TO the acre; his yield of oats was 80
bushels. The value to him per acre
of wheat was $500. j. +. Haycock
of the same place, says: II had 60
acres of wheat, 30 acres OF oats and
four acres of barley. My average yield
of oats to the acre was so bushels;
wheat-winter-60 bushels and red
fyfc, 80 bushels, and barley, 80 bush.
els. The value to me per acre was,
wheat, $2S.00; oats, $1,000. and bar
ley, $4,000" j. f. Bradshaw of Ma
grath, had 1850 acres of wheat in crop
that averaged 391a hasbels 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 20 acres
worth $5.62R per ton. w. S. Sherod,
of Lethbridge, says: II came to Leth.
bridge from Souris, North Dakota, in
April, 1907 having purchased 900
| acres of land in this district last fall.
| | had 12S acres of Alberta Red winter
| wheat which was put in on breaking in
| the fall of 1906, which yielded 4l19
! bushels to the acre, for which | re-
! ceived S71a cents per bushel, which
paid me $500 per acre. | had 1870
in on the stubble, which yielded %
bushels to the acre at S71a cents per
bushel, which paid me $19.25 to the
acre. l also had $50 acres of strictly
volunteer crop, which it was intended
to prepare in the summer; 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 S71a
cents per bushel or $13.12 per acre.
Our total crop yielded us 14,742 bush
els of tirst-class wheat. Taking it as
a whole, l consider that l had a first.
class crop all through and, taking in
to 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
was put into it,, | consider l had a
heavy crop. / might say that | was
in North Dakota five years, and
never grew as heavy 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. w. Bradshaw of Magrath
says: II had this year 400 acres il
CROP viz: 200 acres of wheat and 20(
acres in oats. My average yield o
oats to the acre was so bushels, ant
wheat, 2212 bushels. The value to m,
per acre for wheat was $1,000, ant
oats, $500. The highest price oh
tanned by me this year or offered m,
for my grain was for wheat 80 cent!
per bushel, and $l.05 per hundred fol
oats. | also had 100 tons of hay
worth $1,000 per ton, and will say my
wheat was all volunteer this year
Lots of wheat is averaging from so tC
60 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
w. L. Thompson says: 81 had this yeal
5000 acres in crop, viz: 1000 acres o.
wheat and 1000 acres of oats. My
average yield of oats to the acre wa.
90 bushels and of wheat 80 bushels
The value to me per acre for whea
was $1,000 and for oats $1,000"
Information regarding the districts
mentioned best way to reach them
low rates, certificates, etc, can BIZ
secured from any agent of the Canadi
an government, whose advertisement
appears elsewhere.-Ed)