Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-03-13
WHAT WINTER WHEAT Is po,no
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
splendid Crops on the Former Ranch.
ing Plains of Canadian Wost.

ing Plains Of Canadian West.
Ihat portion OF the country IN Wes.
tern Canada formerly recognized as
rahching country has developed into
one OF the best winter wheat districts
~ the continent. Yields are quoted
running from 80 to 60 bushels to the
acre. and giving return to the farmer
OF from $2S to $50 per acre. Thess
!anas are now selling at from S12 to
s]o per acre, and pay well at that
ngure. II. Howes Of Magrath. Alberta,
western Canada, had so acres Of land
IN wheat. which averaged IS bushels
70 the acre; his yield Of oats was IS
bushels. The value to him per acre
OF wheat was $500. ]. F. Haycock
OF the same place, says: 81 had 65
acres OF wheat, IS acres Of oats and
Tour acres of barley. My average yield
OF oats to the acre was 80 bushels:
wheat-winter-6O bushels and red
lyle, 50 bushels, and barley, SO bush.
els. The value to me per acre was,
wheat, $500; oats, $1,000, and bar
ley, $24.OO." J. F. Bradshaw Of Ma.
grath, had 1880 acres of wheat in crop
that averaged 3eh bushels to the
acre, his oats, 80 bushels; barley, So
bushels. He threshed $1,000 bushels
OF wheat from $40 acres. He also had
200 tons of sugar beets from 25 acres
worth $5.62k per ton. w. s. Sherod,
OF Lethbridge, says: X 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 AN
bushels to the acre, for which I re.
ceived 87h cents per kushel, which
paid me $500 per acre. I had 100
acres "stubbled in" that IL disced
in on the stubble. which yielded %
bushels to the acre at S7k cents per
bushel, which paid me 1925 to the
acre. also had $50 acres of strictly
volunteer crop, which it was intended
to prepare in the summer; but when II
was seen that it was good looking
crop, 1t was allowed to go. From this
we threshed Is bushels to the acre,
which paid US at the rate Of STU
cents per bushel or 1912 per acre.
Our total crop yielded US 14,742 bush.
els Of first-class wheat. Taking 1t az
a whole, consider that had a first,
class crop all through; and. taking in.
to consideration the fact of part Of the
crop having been Stumbled fn," and
part strictly volunteer (which was
never touched at all until the binder
was put into IT., l consider l had 4
heavy crop. I might say that l waa
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: Il 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 bushels, and
wheat, 221s bushels. The value to me
per acre for wheat was $1,000, and
oats, $500. The highest price lob.
tanned by me this year or offered me
for my grain was for wheat 81 cents
per bushel, and $1.05 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 to
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: Il had this year
5000 acres in crop, viz: 1000 acres Of
wheat and 1000 acres Of oats. My
average yield of oats to the acre was
80 bushels and Of wheat IS bushels
The value to me per acre for wheat
was $1,000 and for oats $500"
Information regarding the districts
mentioned, best way to reach them
low rates, certificates, ETC., can be
secured from any agent Of the Canadf
an government, whose advertisement
appears 'elsewhere.-Ed.)