Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
81 BUSHELS PER ACRE.

10 IOOh DSch over the past one, Tor
the purpose Of ascertaining what has
been done. The business man and
the farmer have taken stock, and
both, if they are keen in business de-
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer of
Western Canada is generally a bust
ness man, and in his stock-taking he
will have found that he has had a
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 J. B. Peters had 1880
bushels from 800 acres, or nearly 20
bushels to the acre In the Blaine
Lake district the fields ranged from
Is to so bushels per acre, Ben Crews
having 1,150 bushels from "a acres:
Edmond Trotter 1900 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 We're Sc
cured by Angus Robertson, D. McRae
and G. H. Hart, while the average
Voc OK Tn IvFoo+ On b,,cb0Je 70 +bo
acre were quite common on the newer
land, but off 10 acres of land cult
waited for the past three years George
E. Wood secured 495 bushels. Mr.
James Traynor, near Regina (Sask)
is still on the shady side of thirty.
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 we'll satisfied
Arthur Somers of Strathclair
threshed 100 acres, averaging % bush
els to the acre. Thomas Foreman of
Milestone, threshed 1000 bushels of
wheat, and 5000 bushels of fax off
600 acres Of land. w. Weatherstone,
of Strathclair, threshed 5000 bushels
of oats from 96 acres. John Con
zilla, of Gillies, about twenty-five miles
west of Rosthern, Sask, had $50 bush
els from acres of wheat. Mr. Con
zilla's general average of crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben
Cruise, neighbor, averaged Is 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 20 bushels,
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged 33 bushels. He had also an
average Of 60 bushels of oats to the
acre on 5O-acre field. VIM Lehman.
who has farm close to Rosthern,
had an average of 81 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, 28
bushels; White Fife, "a bushels; Pres
ton, 81 bushels; early Red Fife, 27
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 1917 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 (Alberta). But
last year was uncommonly good and
the hundred mark was passed. VIM.
Craig had yield of oats from a meas
ured plot, which gave 107 bushels and
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, Of Olds (Alberta)
threshed a 1O0-acre field which yielded
101 bushels of oats per acre, and Jo-
seph Mccartney had a large field
equally good. At Cupar (Saskl oats
threshed 80 bushels to the acre. On
the Traquairs farm at Cupar, a five
acre plot of Marquis wheat yielded 81
bushels to the acre, while Laurence
Barknel had 81 bushels Of Red Fife to
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reeder
Bros wheat averaged 1914 bushels to
the acre, and w. McMillan's 3d. Will
liam Kraft of Alix (Alberta) threshed
1,O42 bushels of winter wheat off 1917
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 so acres.
E. F. Knipe, near Lloydminster.
Saskatchewan, had 800 bushels Of
wheat from 20 acres. w. MetcaIf had
over 81 bushels to the acre, while s.
Henderson, who was hailed badly,
had an average return Of 80 bushels Of
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and John McBain,
of Redvers, Saskatchewan, had %
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 IA bushels to the acre.
J. E. Vanderburgh, near Dayslow,
Alberta, threshed four thousand bush
els Of wheat from 120 acres Mr..
Darcy, near there, threshed ten thou
measure) of wheat from five hundred
acres, and out Of this only sixty acres
was new land
At Fleming, Sask., A Winters
wheat averaged 80 bushels to the acre
and several others report heavy
yields. Mr. Winters crop was not on
summer fallow, but on a piece of land
broken IN 1882 and said to be theEnrst
broken in the Fleming district.
The agent of the Canadian govern
ment will be pleased to give informa-
ton regarding the various districts in
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,
where free homesteads of 100 acres
are available
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