Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-02-10
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
81 BUSHELS PER ACRE.


The purpose Of ascertaining what has
been done. The business man and
the farmer have taken stock, and
bct1, If they are keen I'm business de-
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer Of
Western Canada is generally a bust
uesS man, and in his stock-taking he
win have found that he has had
successful year. On looking over a
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 ]. B. Peters had 1880
bushels from $40 acres, Or nearly 40
bushels to the acre. In the Blaine
Lake district the fields ranged from
10 to 30 bushels per acre, Ben Crews
having 1850 bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter 1000 bushels off 80
acres, while fields Of 80 bushels were
common. On poorly cultivated fields
but Is 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. H. Hart, while the average
was IS. In wheat 80 bushels to the
acre were quite common on the newer
land, but off 10 acres Of land Guilt
waited for the past three years George
E. Wood secured 495 bushels Mr..
James Traynor, near Regina (Sask)
He had $4,000 bushels of grain last
year, half Of which was wheat It's
market value was $4,000. He says
he Is well satisfied.
Arthur SOmers of Strathclair
threshed 100 acres, averaging Is bush
els to the acre. Thomas Foreman, of
Milestone, threshed 1900 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
zilla, Of Gillies, about twenty-five miles
west of Rosthern, Sask., had 100 bush
els from 3 acres Of wheat. Mr.. Con
zilla's 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 Is 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 50-acre field VIM Lehman,
who has farm close to Rcsthern,
had an average Of q bushels to the
acre on 60 acres of summer fallow
Mr.. Midsky, Of Rapid City (Man(
threshed 1000 bushels of oats from
acres.
The yield Of the different varieties
Of wheat per acre at the Experimental
Farm, Brandon, was: Red Fife, Is
bushels; White Fife, "a bushels; Pres
ton, 80 bushels; early Red Fife, II
bushels
The crops at the G. P. r. demonstra-
ton 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 48h bushels to the acre.
Yields of from so bushels to 100 bush
els Of oats to the acre were quite
common In the Sturgeon River Settle
ment near Edmonton (A!berta) But
last year was uncommonly good and
the hundred mark was passed. VIM.
Craig had yield Of oats from meas
ured plot, which gave LOT bushels and
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, of Odds (Alberta)
threshed a 100-acre field which yielded
1O1 bushels Of oats per acre, and Jo-
seph Mccartney had large field
equally good. At Cupar (Sasko oats
threshed 80 bushels to the acre. On
the Traquairs farm 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 33A bushels to
the acre, and w. McMillan's 80. Will
liam Kraft of Al1x (Alberta) threshed
1,042 bushels Of winter wheat off 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 90 acres.
E. F. Knipe, near Lloydminster,
Saskatchewan, had 500 bushels Of
wheat from 20 acres w MetcaR had
over 81 bushels to the acre, while S.
Henderson, who was hailed badly,
had an average return Of 90 bushels of
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and John McBain,
of Redvers, Saskatchewan, had 20
bushels of wheat to the acre. John
Kennedy, east Of the Horse Mills
district near Edmonton, from 40
acres Of spring wheat got 1857 bush
els, or A bushels to the acre.