Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1911-02-23
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
THE GREATEST WHEAT
MARKET ON THE CON-
TiNENT
REMARKABLE YIELDS OF WHEAT;
OATS, BARLEY AND FLAX IN
WESTERN CANADA LAST
YEAR.

the wheat receipts at Winnipeg last
year were $685. $50 bushels, as COM
pared with the Minneapolis receipts
Of 81,111.410 bushels, this placing Win
nipeg at the head of the wheat re-
ceiving markets of the continent. Fol-
lowing up this Information it is found
that the yields throughout the prov
inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, as given the writer by agents
of the Canadian Government sta
toned in different parts Of the States,
have been splendid. A few Of the
instances are given:
Near Redvers, Sask., Jens Hortness
threshed about so acres of wheat, av-
eraging 20 bushels to the acre. Near
Elphmstone, Sask., many of the crops
of oats would run to nearly 100 bush
els to the acre. A Mr.. Muir had about
200 acres of this grain and he esti-
mates the yield at about so bushels
per acre. Wheat went 35 bushels to
the acre on the farm of Mr.. A. Loucks,
e Wymyard, Sask., in the fall of
1910. K. Erickson had 81 and P.
Solvason II. In the Dempster MANI
district last year, wheat went from
% to 80 bushels per acre. Fifteen
today went forty-three bushels to the
acre. In the Wainwright and Battle
river districts yields Of wheat aver
aged for the district rs bushels to the
acre. M. B. Ness, of the Tofield, AL
berta, district, got SO bushels and
% lbs. Of oats to the acre, while neal
Montrose, ove "a bushels of oats to
the acre was threshed by j. Leonie,
Notwithstanding the dry weather of
June. Further reports from the Ed
monitor district give Frank McLay of
the Horse Falls 100 bushels of oats
to the acre. They weighed As lbs. to
the bushel. A 22-acre field of spring
wheat on Johnson Bros farm near
Agricola yielded 40h bushels to the
acre. Manitoba's record crop for 1910
was grown on Mcmillan Bros farm
near Westbourne, who have a total
crop Of 10000 bushels, netting $40. 900
off 1900 acres. G. w. Buchanan Of
Pincher Creek, Alberta, had 25h
bushels of No. 1 spring wheat to the
acre. MI. A. Hatton of Macleod dis
trict had wheat which averaged Fl
bushels to the acre. B. F. Holden,
a Indian Head, Sask., threshed $50
bushels Of wheat from 20 acres.
On the Experimental Farm at In
dian Head, wheat has gone below 40
bushels, while several, such as the
Marquis and the Preston, have gone
high as 81 bushels to the acre. At
Elstow, Sask., the quantity of wheat
to the acre ran, On the average, from
26 right up to 40 bushels per acre,
while oats in some cases yielded a
return of 70 to 80 bushels per acre,
with flax giving Is to IA bushels per
w. G. Carnell had a yield of AZ
bushels per acre from six acres of
breaking. Neil Callahan, two miles
of Strome, had a yield Of
AZ bushels Of wheat per acre. VIM.
Lindsay, two miles east of Strome,
had 1,104 bushels of Regenerated
oats from ten acres Jo-
5eph Scheelar, II miles south of
.trome, had 1000 bushels of wheat
and oats from $50 acres. Part of the
oats yielded 85 bushels to the acre,
and the wheat averaged about 40
bushels. Spohn Bros, four miles
of Strome, had a splendid
grain yield of excellent quality wheat,
grading No. 2. 4. S. McCulloch, NJ
mile northwest of Strome, had some
wheat that went 40 bushels to the
acre. j. Blaser, a few miles south
west Of Strome, threshed 353 bushels
Of wheat from Z acres. Among the
good grain yields at Macklin, Alberta,
reported are: D. N. Tweedle, % BUSH
els to the acre; John Currin, "a bush
els wheat to the acre; Sam Fletcher,
20 bushels to the acre. ,
At Craven, Sask, Albert Clark
.hreshed from 60 acres of stubble
800 bushels; from 20 acres of fall
900 bushels of red fife wheat that
weighed IS pounds to the bushel.
Charles Keith threshed 40 bushels to
he acre from 40 acres Albert Young,
If Stony Beach, southwest Of Lums-
len, threshed 81 bushels per acre
rom summer fallow, and George
Young 5000 bushels from $50 acres of
and fallow, or an average of
e IL bushels to the acre. Arch Nor
got $500 bushels of red fife from I
go acres. James Russell got $500
from stubble and late break
ng, an average of 23k bushels. 8
At Rosthern Jacob Friesen had 81 .
per acre from 80 acres on 9
lew land and an average over his {
Whole farm of 21h bushels of wheat.
Tohn Schultz threshed 4,400 bushels
rom 100 acres, or A bushels to the
lcre. John Lepp had 81 bushels per
lcre from 200 acres. A. B. Dirk had
II bushels per acre from 20 acres.
Robert Roe of Grand Coulee threshed =
Is bushels to the acre from APO acres.
Sedley, Sask., is still another dis
riot that has cause to be proud Of 1