The Red Cloud chief., 1911-02-16
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH As
Sd BUSHELS PER ACRE.

to look back over the past one, for
the purpose OF ascertaining what has
been done. The business man and
| the farmer have taken stock, and
| both If they are keen in business de-
tail and interest, know exactly their
| financial position. The farmer OF
| Western Canada is generally a busi
ness man. and in his stock.taking he
will have found that he has had
successful year. On looking over
number of reports sent from various
| quarters, the writer finds that in spite
OF the visitation Of drouth in a small
| portion of Alberta. Saskatchewan and
Manitoba, many farmers are able to
report splendid crops. And these re.
| ports come from different sections,
covering an area of about $4,000
square miles. AS, for instance, at
Laird, Saskatchewan, the crop returns
showed that j. B. Peters had l2,S00
bushels from 800 acres, or nearly 40
bushels to the acre. In the Blaine
Lake district the fields ranged from
10 to 80 bushels per acre. Ben Crews
having 1850 bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter 1900 bushels off 30
acres, while fields Of 80 bushels we're
common. On poorly cultivated fields
but 10 bushels were reported.
In Foam Lake (Sask) district 100
bushels of oats to the acre were Sc
cured by Angus Robertson. D. McRae
and G. II. Hart. while the average
was IS. In wheat 80 bushels to the
acre were quite common on the newer
! land, but OFF Is acres of land culti-
waited for the past three years George
! +. Wood secured 495 bushels. Mr..
James Traynor near Regina tSask)
Is still on the shady side of thirty.
He had $4,000 bushels of grain last
year. half of which was wheat. Its
market value was $4,000. He says
he Is well satisfied.
! Arthur Somers of Strathclair
threshed 100 acres, averaging % bush
els to the acre. Thomas Foreman, OF
Milestone, threshed 900 bushels OF
wheat, and 5000 bushels of flax off
600 acres of land. w. Weatherstone,
Of StrathClair, threshed 5000 bushels
OF oats from SO acres. John Con
Iilla, OF Gillies. about twenty-five miles
west of Rosthern, Sask., had $50 BUSH
els from acres Of wheat. Mr.. Con-
alias general average Of crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben
Cruise, a neighbor, averaged As BUSH
els to the acre from % acres. w. A.
Rose, of the Walderheim district,
threshed 5000 bushels of wheat from
240 acres, an average Of 20 bushels,
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged SO bushels. He had also an
average of 60 bushels of oats to the
acre on a 50-acre field. VIM. Lehman,
who has a farm close to Rosthern.
had an average OF 27 bushels to the
acre on co acres of summer fallow.
Mr.. Midsky, of Rapid City (Man)
threshed 1000 bushels of oats from
scres.
( The yield of the different varieties
Of wheat per acre at the Experimental
Farm. Brandon, was: Red Fife. %
bushels; White Fife, "a bushels; Pres
ton. 80 bushels; early Red Fife, 27
bushels
The crops at the G. p. r. demonstra-
tion farms at Strathmore (Alberta)
proved up to expectations, the Swedish
variety oats yielding 10 bushels to
the acre. At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 4Sh bushels to the acre,
Yields of from 30 bushels to 100 bush
els OF oats to the acre were quite
common in the Sturgeon River Settle
ment near Edmonton (Alberta). But
last year was uncommonly good and
the hundred mark was passed. VIM.
Craig had a yiNld of oats from meas.
ured plot, which gave l07 bushels and
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskcy. OF Olds (Alberta)
threshed l00.aGre field which yielded
101 bushels OF oats per acre. and Jo-
seph Mccartney had a large field
equally good. AZ Cupar (Sask) oats
threshed 80 bushels to the acre. On
the Traquars fam at Cupar, five
acre plot of Marquis wheat yielded "a
bushels to the acre, while Laurence
Barknel had 81 bushels of Red Fife to
the acre. At Wordsworth. Reeder
Bros wheat averaged 33l4 bushels to
the acre, and w. McMillan's 32. VIII
liam Kraft of Alix (Alberta) threshed
l,O42 Dushels or winter wheat OH 1874
acres, or about SO bushels to the acre
John Laycroft of Dinton, near High
River, Alberta, had over LOO bush.
els of spring wheat from so acres
Il. +. Knipe. near Lloydminster
Saskatchewan. had 500 bushels of
wheat from 20 acres. W. Metcalf had
over 81 bushels to the acre, while s.
Henderson, who was hailed badly
had an average return of 80 bushels OF
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros and John McBain
OF Redvers, Saskatchewan. had %
bushels OF wheat to the acre. John
Kennedy, east of the Horse Mills
) district near Edmonton. from 40
acres OF spring wheat got 1767 bush
els. or "A bushels to the acre.
]. Il, .Vanderburgh. near Dayslow