Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
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 a good
part of the story, that the crops in
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta, F. Galloway's oat
crop threshed So bushels to the acre,
machine measure, and Al bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle,
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
S15 acres. w. & H Clark, II bush
els to the acre on II acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres.
J. Lane threshed $500 bushels off 200
acres; ]. Hamilton, $500 bushels off
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av-
| erage OF % bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. RolIo. had
an average of % bushels to the acre
on total crop of 10000 bushels. E.
Brown of Pincher Creek had a 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 threshed
his crop of 5000 bushels of grain.
wheat, oats and barley, from 210
acres of old ground.
VIM. Logan of Bon Accord is re-
ported to have threshed 400 bushels
of wheat from acres of new break
ing. His oats it 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 $50
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre, and from so acres stubbIe
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 33
bushels per acre. James Glen of
Drinkwater, Sask., had 361b bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow,
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble,
q bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels off 200 acres. Abe Winters
of Fleming has 80 bushels of wheat
per acre. At Govan, Benjamin Arm
strong had 33 bushels to the acre
John Glumlin, 81 bushels. Charles
I Latta, 80 bushels. j. K Taylor, 80
bushels. w. Small, 1000 bushels on
80 acres. J. F. Moore, $500 bushels
on 215 acres. j. MacLean, 1900 bush
els on GO acres. w. Hopwood, 1850
bushels on 60 acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. w. Curtin, $50
bushels on 80 acres. John Meyers,
Jr., of Grand Coulee, reports 34A
bushels to the acre. P. P. Epp of
Langham, Sask., has 35 1-3 bushels per
acre. J. ]. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear 25 bushels per
acre from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessen,
1871 bushels from 100 acres. P. P.
Schultz, IS bushels per acre from 100
acres. Robt. H. Virgins of Manor,
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and rs
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb,
30 bushels of wheat and Is bushels of
oats per acre. Jack Robinson, 80
bushels of wheat per acre. VIM Kin
del Of Milestone, Slsk., had SO bush
els of wheat per acre. r. j. Moore,
40 bushels of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, SO bushels of wheat per acre.
J. D. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre; oats, so bush
els per acre; fax, II bushels to the
acre. John L. Smith Of New Warren
had 80 bushels of wheat per acre. At
Regina H. w. Laird had 50 bushels
to the acre; w. H. Duncan, wheat, %
bushels to the acre, fax, 16 bushels;
G. NJ Bell, wheat, 35 bushels to the
acre, oats, 70 bushels; o. E. Rothwel,
20 bushels to the acre; J. McKinnis,
wheat, 80 bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels; ].
S. Mooney, 81 bushels Of wheat; so
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies,
VIM. Nesbitt had Al bushels wheat to
the acre. Sep. Latrace, "a bushels.
Thos Miller 81 bushels. These were
all on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. At Tuxford, Sask.,
G. B. Dunning had 81 bushels James
Bain Al bushels summer fallow. At
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, off one
half section, had As bushels wheat to
the acre, and 40 bushels off another
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Geo.
Steer, off twenty-acre field, threshed
half. NJ. A. Wilkinson, off go acres,
81 bushels wheat to the acre. His
whole crop averaged over 40. Jas.
A. R. Cameron's half section averaged
over SO bushels to the acre. D. Nc
Nevan, who has two farms, averaged
about 40 bushels. w. A. Cooper got
AZ bushels to the acre off II acres;
his whole crop went about 40 John
Murray, 35 per acre off 100 acres.
Hockey Bros, 35 per acre off half
section. w. Ransom, 35 per acre of
the Cathcert farm. N Dunno, 80 to
the acre. s. G. Hart, SO per acre.
T. Murray, Jr., SO to the acre. A. e.
McEwan, SO to the acre. Mayor Tay
Tor, 80 to the acre.