Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-02
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAC 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 .he story, that the crops In
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta, F. Galloway's oat
crop threshed 80 bushels to the acre,
machine measure, and A bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson OF Delisle,
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
S75 acres. W. & X. Clark. II bush
els to the acre on II acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres.
]. Lane threshed $500 bushels off 200
acres; j. Hamilton, $500 bushels OF
2G4 acres. Mrs. IIeadley had an av-
erage of % bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off CSC acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average of % bushels to the acre
on a total crop Of 10000 bushels. E.
Brown of Pincher Creek had q yield
OF 80 bushels on his winter wheat;
w. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield Of
25 bushels; Mr.. Fitzpatrick, 20, and
Mr.. F~reebairn, 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 thrcshed 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 Bclbeck. Sask., from 100 acres
got $40 bushels Of wheat. Geo. A
Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 1870
acres summc fallow got 40 bushels
per acre. and from so acres stubble
got "A bushels per acre. One Of the
farmers Of Colonsay threshed out 36
bushels OF wheat per acre from $50
acres summer fallow, and another 83
bushels per acre. James Glen OF
D%rinkwater, Sask,, had 1914 bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow,
81 DlSllflo lptl uNltp ~ dIlCo bluDDlCp
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 80 bushels to the acre.
John Glumlin, "a bushels. Charles
I.atta, 81 bushels. J. X. Taylor, 35
bushels. w. Small, 1000 bushels on
90 acres. j. +. Moore, $500 bushels
on 2lJ acres. j. MacLean, 1900 BUSH
els on 90 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 34%
bushels to the acre. i. i. Epp Of
Langham, Sask, has 80 l3 bushels per
acre. j. J. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear, % bushels per
aero from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessen,
1872 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 rs
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb,
80 bushels of wheat and 70 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. X. j. Moore,
40 bushels Of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, 3S bushels of wheat per acre.
j. ID. Sifton or Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre; oats. 80 BUSH
n1r ,Nn, pn-~. lay I l,lt. - 49,
acre. John l.. Smith of New Warren
had 80 bushels of wheat per acre. At
Regina II. w. Laird had 35 bushels
to the acre; w. ii. Duncan, wheat, 20
bushels to the acre, flax, 16 bushels;
G. NJ. Bell, wheat. 80 bushels to the
acre, oats, 70 bushels; o. f. Rothwell,
20 bushels to the acre; ]. McKinnis
wheat, 80 bushels summer fallow; &c
bushels stubble; oats, so bushels; ]
s. Mooney. 81 bushels of wheat; sc
bushels ats on stubble. At Tessies
VIM. Nesbitt had A bushels wheat tc
the acre. Sep. Latrace, "a bushels
Thos Miller, 81 bushels. These were
all on summer fallow. Major Bros.
stubble went IA. At Tuxford, Sask.
c. b. Cunning had 81 bushels. James
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. A,
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, off one
half section, had As bushels wheat t,
the acre, and 40 bushels off another
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Geo
Steer, off a twenty-acre field, threshe,
half. NJ. A. Wilkinson, off 16O acres
62 bushels wheat to the acre. Hi
whole crop averaged over 40. Jas
A. r. Cameron's half section average,
over SO bushels to the acre. d. Nc
Nevan, who has two farms, average,