Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-12-16
THRESHING RETURNS
FROM WESTERN
CANADA.
They Reveal Larger Averages 4,
Wheat and Oats Than An.
ticlpated.

The returns from the grain field,
Of Western Canada as revealed by tho
work of the Threshers, show much
larger yields than were expected %
the crop was ripening. 1t is a littls
early yet to give an estimate of tbo
crop as a whole, but individual yield,
selected from various points through.
out Manitoba, Saskatchewan and A.
berta show that the farmers there 40
rule have had reason to be thankfnl
over the results. Excellent yields ara
reported from many portions of Mani.
toba and large district of Saskatcb.
evan has turned out we'll, while tb.
central portion of Alberta is splendid
There will be shown at the land ex.
position at st. Louis a sample Of IN.
Marques wheat-a new variety ma
one that appears to be we'll adapted
to the soil and climate of Western
Canada-that yielded So bushels to thu
acre. The exhibit and statement will
be supported by affidavits from tho
growers. This wheat weighs well
and being a hard variety will find a
ready market at the highest prices oh.
tainable for flrst-class article. It /.
interesting to point out that a field
Of one hundred acres of this wheat
would give its producers $500 bush.
els. Sold at IS cents a bushel would
give him SIS 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 s. an acre, leaving
the handsome net profit of $37 an
acre. Is there any crop that would
yield better return than this, with
the same labor and initial expense?
Cotton fields will not do it, apple or.
chards with their great expense of cul.
tivation 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 is
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 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
farmers who have grown 40 bushels
to the acre., others IS, 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 yield would be SIT
an acre. This wheat will cost to get
to market, including all expenses,
about So an acre, and the farmers
will still have net profit of about
50 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 over 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
all other specimens on exhibition, and
it 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
f1rst-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.