The Forrest City times., 1908-03-13
WHAT WINTER WaEar
 FOR SOUTHERN ALssspoo' poo'se
Splendid Crops on the For,,.
 ing Plains of Ssna dian S. Ha'cs

mat portion of the eon..-..
 tern Canada forr4erly recogr. - Wes
 ranching country has savaIssa ss-'4sa a
 one or the best winter wbaas pua s, lata
 in the continent. Yfalds 14>efic's
 running from % to 60 busbs,. au0ted
 acre, and giving a return to ,ba " De
 of from s25 to $50 her ac-a '@rh-er
 lands are now selling at from .,a sasss
 Szo per acre, and pay well .. hgure. Ii. Howes of Magratb aI,. sns
 Western Canada, had 50 aero. 1'e''a a.e
 in wheat, which averaged 45 S'.s \. iaad
 to the acre; his yield of oat, sasaea
 bushels. The value to him aa as Of wheat was S35.00. ]. ua s or the same place. says. T acres Of wheat. 9 acres of oats s4 p
 four acres Of barley My average vs4'a aaa Of oats to the acre was M b,,..as .'sa
 Wheat-winter-60 bushels and fyfe, 33 bushels, and barley To
 els. The value to me Der acra s-s4' ,-s
 wheat. S2S.00: oats. s3e eo sra sa4 ley. $24.e0." J. F. Bradshaw ., ,sf ,s
 grath, had 1,030 acres of wheat fs .- ..4 that averaged 39i2 bushels "a " v acre. his oats, = bushels. barIav .. :. bushels He threshed 3f .06n bn.s.. Y of wheat from 540 acres. He also = s-s 250 tons of sugar beefs from 25 .a-s worth s5-62l2 per ton. V. $. sbe-.s or Lethbridse, says. T came to Ta,s
 bridge from Souris. North Dakot. [ April, 1907. having purchased oa. acres Of land in this district lass ,.r had 12S acres of Alberta Red w,r,s. wheat which was put in on braaklnv :. the fall of 1906, which yielded 4,l bushels to the acre. Tor which :. i eeived SI1z cents per busbel vbi.. paid ne s36.30 per acre. I had lsa acres 'stubbied in that is dlscss in on the stubble. which yielded \ bushels 10 the acre at 87la cents ne, bushel, which paid ne sl9.25 to ths acre. I also had 350 acres of strictly volunteer crop. which t was intand4a to prepare in the summer. but whens was seen that 1t was 2 good loosrg crop, 1t was allowed 10 go. From th, We threshed 15 bushels to the aers which paid IS at the rate of gL cents per busheI or sf3.I2 Ter acre Our total crop yielded IS I4.742 bush. els of first-class wheat. Taking t a whole. l consider that I had a first class crop all through: and. taking h. to consideration he fact of part Of the crop having been sstubbled in.s and part strictly volunteer which was never touched at al until the binder was put into ft4. I consider I had | heavy crop. might saY that I wa la North Dakota five years. and I never grew as 4eayy a crop during hat time This is the 18th day q November, and my teams are SUI ploughing, and, rom the appearancs of the weather, will be for some tirs yet. R w Bradshaw of Magrath. says: T had this year 100 acres | crop, viz: 200 acres of wheat and 2N acres in oats. My average yield Of oats to the acre was 50 bushels, and wheat. 22 F bushels The value to ne per acre for wheat was $500. and oats. sfT.00. The highest price O. tained by me this year or offered ne for my grain was for wheat S2 eens per bushel. and s1.05 per hundred for oats. I also had 100 tons of hay worth sf2.00 per ton. and will say mr wheat was all volunteer this year. Lots of wheat is averaging from 50 a 60 bushels per acre on summer fallOT, and on new breaking. when the break ing was done early in the spring Writing from Spring Coulee. Alberta W L. Thompson says. I had this year 5000 acres in crop. viz: 2.900 acres a' wheat and 1.00G acres Of oats. NJ! average yield of oats to the acre was 90 bushels and of wheat D bushes The value 10 me per acre for wnea! was s2700 and for oats sl5.00.
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