The Forrest City times., 1910-12-16
THRESnlnG RETURNS fkUM NES.Ehf
 CANADA.
They Reveal larger Asefaasa as Wheat ard oata Than An.
 tiEiHafed.

The returns from the efaH q Ias u[ Western Canada as revealed bB tae work cf the IhfssfeTs shoa maeh lHeee yields than asee expected as the cfuR vas fipsuiHE lt .ls HffHa early yet Co giFe aH estimate uf tHa crop as a whele. but individual yields selected from w l0us points thEuaah- oat Manitoba. saakatrhewaa and Al berta show that the farmers there asa rule have had reason to be thaukfaI over the results. Excellent yields ara reported from many portions af Nani- toba and a larEe disIfi=g or saskafeh= evan has turned out wcii. whfle the central portion of Alb rfa Is splendid There vii be shown at the land ex- position at st Louis a sample af ths Marques Wheat-a uyW variety and one that appears to be all adapted to the soil and climate o4 Western Canada-that yielded sa bushels ta tho acre. The exhibit and statement VIII be supported by amdaYIts rom She growers This wheat weighs sell. and being a hard variety aa nnd a ready market at the highest prices oh. tatnabie for q first.el lass article. If is interesting to point out that a aeld ot one hundred acres of shls Wtaat would give it's producers s.a9a bush els Sold at S5 cents q busha1 would give him Si5 an acre Counting nj the cost of interest on land at Ss8 aa acre. getting the land ready for crop Seed sowing, harvesting and market ing, the entire cost of production would not exceed & an acre. leaving the handsome net profit of sa4 m acre Is there any crop that would yield better return than thIs. Wifh the same labor and initial exueusS7 Cotton fields will not do 1t. apple or chards with their great expense of ell. tlVation and the risk to run from tEe various enemies Of the fruit cannot begin to do it. While what is ceusia. cred an exceptional case just now ia presented, there is no doubt that this man experience may be duplicated by others who care to follow his x ample. AS has been said the growing Of this wheat is but in it's infancy. and wheat growing is still largely con fined to other older varieties that do not yield as abundantly Even with these we have records before us of l farmers who have grown 40 bushels to the acre, others 8. some 90. and others again p bushels. Taking even 20 bushels, and some farmers report that amount it is found that the re- tY1ry sZr an acre. This wheat will cost to get to market, including all expenses, about $S an acre, and the farmers will still have net profit of about $9 an acre. Certainly the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Mani. toba are progressing, settlement is in creasing and there is general con tentment all over the country. The social conditions are splendid, the eli mate Is excellent, and there is every condition to make the settler satisfied. At the farming congress, held at Spo- kane in October, wheat shown by the Alberta Government, took the silver cup, awarded by the Governor Of the State. It completely outelassed all other specimens on exhibition, and 1t was but an ordinary selection. hundreds of fields in Alberta and Sas- katchewan being able to duplicate 1t. There are still available thousands of homesteads, as we'll as large areas of first-class land-that is being offered for sale at low prices. The agent of the Canadian Government from whom the above facts have been learned ex- poets that the rush to Canada will next year largely exceed the numbers who have gone this year.