Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-02-15

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acres, while fields of 80 bushels were
common. On poorly cultivated fields
but 15 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 is 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 10000 bushels of grain last
year, half OF which was wheat. lts
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 fax OF
900 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.. Com
xilla's general average Of crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben
Cruise. neighbor. averaged As bush.
els to the acre from 20 acres. w. A.
Rose, Of the Walderheim district,
threshed 5000 bushels OF wheat from
240 acres, an average OF 25 bushels,
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged SO bushels. He had also an
average OF so bushels of oats to the
acre on 50-acre field. VIM. Lehman.
who has a farm close to Rosthern,
had an average of ~ bushels to the
acre on 60 acres of summer fallow.
Mr.. Midsky, of Rapid City (Man.)
threshed 1000 bushels OF oats from
z 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. ~
bushels. 4. u
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 (Alberta). 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
101 bushels of oats per acre. and Jo-
seph Mccartney had a large field
equally good. At Cupar (sask.) oats
threshed so bushels to the acre. On.
the Traquairs farm at Cupar. q Ave
acre plot Of Marquis wheat yielded, 81
bushels to the acre, while Laurence
3arknel had 81 bushels OF Red Fife to
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reeder
Bros. wheat averaged 33N bushels to
the acre, and W. AfcAlillan's 80; Will
Ham Kraft of Alix (Alberta) threshed
1,042 bushels Of winter wheat OF 19%
acres, or about So bushels to the aero.
John Laycroft of Dinton, near High
River, Alberta, had over HOO BUSH
els. Of spring wheat from so acres.
e. F. Knipe, near Lloydminster.
Saskatchewan, had 800 bushels of
wheat from 20 acres. w. Metcalf had
over 81 bushels to the acre, while 8.
Henderson, who was hailed badly,
had an average return Of 80 bushels Of
wheat to the acre. S
McWhirter Bros. and John McBain,
of Redvers, Saskatchewan, had 25
bushels Of wheat to the acre. John
Kennedy. east Of the Horse Mills
district near Edmonton, from 40
acres Of spring wheat got 1,767 bush.
els. or A bushels to the acre.
j. e. Vanderburgh. near Dayslow,
Alberta, threshed four thousand bush.
els of wheat from 100 acres. Mr..
Darcy, near there, threshed ten thou
sand and flfty-eight bushels (machins
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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 piece Of land
broken in 1882 and said to be the first
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.
1t is easier to borrow from new
friend than 1t is to pay back what
you owe an old one.
Farms for Rent or Sale on Crop pay.
ments. j. MULHALL. Sioux City, "a
Love making is one kind of cold
weather picnic.
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