Marble Hill press., 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
III the continent Yields are quoted
running from 80 to 90 bushels to the
acre. and giving a return to the farmer
of from $25 to $40 per acre. These
lands are now selling at from Sl2 to
$50 per acre, and pay we'll at that
figure. II. lIowes of Magrath, Alberta
Western Canada, had 80 acres of lana
in wheat. which averaged 10 bushels
to the acre; his yield of oats was 30
bushels. The value to him per acre
of wheat was $4,000. J. +. HayCOck
of the same place. says: Il had 90
acres Of wheat, 80 acres of oats and
four acres OF barley. My average yield
| of oats to the acre was 50 bushels;
Whtat-Winter-60 bushels and red
| fyfe 33 bushels. and barley, SO bush
els. The value to me per acre was,
| wheat $2S.O0; oats, $32.00 and bar
| ley. $4,000" J. F. bradshaw of Ma
| grath, had 030 acres of wheat in crop
that averaged @9l2 bushels to the
acre, his oats, 81 bushels; barley, d;
! bushels He thresheQ u 900 bushels
| Of wheat from $40 acres. He also had
| $50 tons of sugar bcets from % acres
| worth $5,G2i2 per ton. w. S. Shorod,
| of Lethbridse. says: Il came to Leth-
| bridge from SOuris, North Dakota. III
| April, 9o7, having purchased 600
| acres of land i'll this district last fall.
had 12S acres of Alberta Red winter
| wheat which was pat i'll on breaking in
| the fall of 1906, which yielded 41l3
| bushels to the acre, for which | re-
| ceiyeI S112 cents per bushel, which
| paid me $500 per acre. | had 1870
| acres "stubhIed in that is dsced
in on the Stubble, which yielded %
! bushels to the acre at S7l2 cents per
busheI, which paid me Sl9,25 to the
| acre. 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 q good looking
| crop, it was allowed to go. From this
we threshed Is bushels to the acre,
which paid us at the rate of H712
| cents per bushel or $i3.12 per acre.
Our total crop yielded us 14,742 bush
| els of first-class wheat. Taking it as
whole | consider that | had first
class crop all through; and, taking in
to consideration the fact of part of the
crop having been ''stuDbled in" and
part strictly volunteer (Which was
never touched at all until the binder
was put into it,. I consider | had a
heavy crop. I 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
plouehing. and. from the appearance
CT 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. Ny average yield of
oats to the acre was 30 bushels. and
wheat. 221o bushels. The value to me
per acre for wheat was $500. and
oats. S17.00. The highest price OBJ
tanned by me this year or offered me
for my grain was for wheat 50 cents
per busheI. and $1.05 per hundred for
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 80 to
SO bushels per acre on summer fallOw
and on new breaking, when the break
ing was done early in the spring.
Writing from Spring Cou!ee. Alberta
w. l.. Thompson says: L had this year
5000 acres in crop viz: 5000 acres OF
wheat and 900 acres of oats. My
average Weld of oats tc the acre was
80 bushels and of wheat 50 bushels
The value to me per acre for wheat
was s2700 and for oats $500"