The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-03-03
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.

Crop conditions throughout the west
of Canada were not ideal. but notwith-
standing there were excellent crops.
Reports come from different parts to
the agents of the Canadian govern
ment, whose literature tells q good
part of the story, that the crops in
most places were splendid.
At Castor. Alta, F. Galloway's oat
crop threshed IS bushels to the acre.
machine measure, and a bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson of Defisle.
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
SIS acres. w. & H. Clark. II BUSH
els to the acre on a acres. Sheldon
Ramsey. 20 bushels on 100 acres.
J. Lane threshed $500 bushels OF 200
acres; ]. Hamilton, $500 bushels on
26i acres. Mrs. Headley had an av.
erage Of 25 bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels OF $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average of Is bushels to the acre
on a total crop Of 10000 bushels. Z.
Brown of Pincher Creek had q yield
of 33 bushels on his winter wheat;
W. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield Of
% bushels; Mr.. Fitzpatrick. %, and
Mr.. Freebairn, 20. Charles Nelson
of Bon Accord, Alberta, had thrcohed
his crop OF 5000 bushels Of grain.
wheat, oats and barley, from 30
acres Of old ground.
VIM. Logan of Bon Accord Is re-
ported to have threshed 400 bushels
Of wheat from 9 acres OF new break
Ing. His oats 1t is said yielding over
100 bushels to the acre. Robert Mar
tin Of Belbeck. Sask., from 100 acres
got 3,740 bushels Of wheat. Geo. A.
Campbell Of Caron, Sask., from 100
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre. and from so acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One of the
farmers of Colonsay threshed out SO
bushels of wheat per acre from $50
acres summer fallow. and another 80
bushels per acre. James Glen OF
Drinkwater, Sask.. had 36is bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow.
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble,
"a bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels of 200 acres. Abe Winters
OF Fleming has 80 bushels Of wheat
per acre. At Govan, Benjamin Arm.
strong had 80 bushels to the acre.
John Glumlin, "a bushels. Charles
Latta, 50 bushels. ]. X. Taylor, 35
bushels. w. Small. 1000 bushels on
80 acres. j. +. Moore, $500 bushels
on 215 acres. J. MacLean. 1900 BUSH
els on 63 acres. w. Hopwooi. 1850
bushels on 60 acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. w. Curtin, $50
bushels on 81 acres. John Meyers.
Jr., of Grand Coulee. reports 34%
bushels to the acre. p. p. Epp of
Sask.. has 50 1-3 bushels per
acre. J. J. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear. % bushels per
acre from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessen,
1914 bushels from 100 acres. p. p.
Schultz, Is bushels per acre from 100
acres. Robt. II. Virgins OF Manor.
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and 70
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb.
30 bushels OF wheat and 15 bushels OF
oats per acre. Jack Robinson, 80
bushels of wheat per acre. VIM. Kin.
del OF Milestone. Sask., had 3S bush
els OF wheat per acre. r. J. Moore,
40 bushels Of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, SO bushels Of wheat per acre.
]. ID. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre; oats, so bush
els per acre; fax, IL bushels to the
acre. John l.. Smith of New Warren
had 30 bushels of wheat per acre. At
Regina ii. w. Laird had 80 bushels
to the acre; w. ii. Duncan. wheat, %
bushels to the acre. fax. l6 bushels:
.. NJ. Bell, wheat, 80 bushels TO the
acre, oats, 20 bushels; o. Z. Rothwell,
% bushels to the acre; ]. McKinnis,
wheat, 50 bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble: oats. so bushels; J.
). Mooney. 81 bushels of wheat; 80
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies.
VIM. Nesbitt had Al bushels wheat TO
The acre. Sep. Latrace. "a bushels.
rhos. Miller. 81 bushels. These were
al on summer fallow. Major Bros
'tubble went IA. At Tuxford, Sask.,
:. b. Dunning had 81 bushels. James
Balm. Al bushels summer fallow. At
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson. off one
half section, had As bushels wheat to
he acre, and 40 bushels off another
'veraged 81 bushels to the acre. Geo.
steer. of twenty-acre field. threshed
lalf. NJ. A. Wilkinson. OF 100 acres.
Y bushels wheat to the acre. His
Whole crop averaged over 40. Jas.
X. Cameron's half section averaged
'yer SO bushels to the acre. ID. Nc
>evan. who has two farms. averaged
bout 40 bushels. W. A. Cooper got
q bushels to the acre OF II acres;
lis whole crop went about 40. John
Murray. 80 per acre OF 160 acres
iockley Bros. IS per acre OF a half
ection. W. Ransom. IS per acre OF
he Cathcert farm. N. Dunno. 80 TO
he acre. s. c. Hart. 50 per acre
:. Murray. Jr.. SO to the acre. A. E.
ieEwan. IS to the acre. Mayor Tay.