The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-12-16
THRESHING RETURNS
FROM WESTERN
CANADA.
They Reveal Larger Averages /,
Wheat and Oats Than An.
ticipated.

The returns from the grain f,a,a.
OF Western Canada as revealed by m.
work OF the Threshers, show mpch
larger yields than were expected :.
the crop was ripening. It Is a nth.
early yet to give an estimate OF tba
crop as q whole, but individual WELD.
selected from various points through.
out Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
berta show that the farmers there q :
rule have had. reason to be tllankf,l
over the results. Excellent Yields ara
exported from many portions of Mani.
toba and a large district of SaskatcA
evan has turned out well, while III
central portion of Alberta is splend,a
mere Will be shown at the land ex.
position at st. Louis a sample Of n.
Marques wheat-a new variety ana
one that appears to be well adantaa
to the soil and climate of Westerr
Canada-that yielded SO bushels To tba
acre. The exhibit and statement win
be supported by afidavits from the
growers. This wheat weighs well
and being a hard variety will And
ready market at the highest prices nh.
tainable for a first-cIass article. II /.
interesting to point out that a field
OF n hundred acres OF this wbea,
would give its producers $500 bush.
els. Sold at 85 cents a bushel woula
give him $45 an acre. Counting all
the cost OF interest on land at $40 an
acre, getting the land ready for crop.
Seed sowing, harvesting and market
Ing, the entire cost of production
would not exceed So an acre, leaving
the handsome net profit of s37 an
acre. Is there any crop that would
yield a better return than this. with
the same labor and initial expensef
Cotton fields will not do it, apple or
chards with their great expense OF cul.
~ttVation and the risk to run from the
various enemies of the fruit cannot
begin to do it. While what is consid.
cred an exceptional case just now 10
presented, there is no doubt that this
mans experience may be duplicated
by others who care to follow his ex.
ample. AS has been said the CROWNS
OF this wheat is but in its infancy. and
wheat growing Is still largely con
fined to other older varieties that do
not yield as a%bundantly. Even with
these we have records before us OF
farmers who have grown 40 bushels
to the acre, others So, some 80, and
others again rs bushels. Taking even
20 bushels. and some farmers report
that amount, 1t is found that the re-
turns from such a yield would be SIT
an acre. This wheat will cost 10 get
to market, including all expenses,
about So an acre, and the farmers
will still have q net profit OF about
80 an acre. Certainly the provinces
Of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Mani
toba are progressing, settlement Is In
creasing and there is a general con-
tentment all ver the country. The
social conditions are splendid, the cli-
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. 1t completely ~outclassed
al other specimens on exhibition, and
1t was but an ordinary selection,
hundreds of fields in Alberta and Sas-
katchewan being able to duplicate It.
There are still available thousands OF
homesteads, as well as large areas Of
arst-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.