Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-21
MEsTERM CANADA
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WORLDS PnIZE
FOR WHEAT
RcsTHERN, sAsK., FARMER
THE LUCKY WINNER.

\. RcsTHERN, sAsK., FARMER
THE LUCKY WINNER.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy Of the Ca
madam Pacific Railway offered $1,000
in gold as a prize for the best 100 lbs.
Of wheat. grown on the American con-
tinent. to be competed for at the re-
cent Land Show in New York. In
making the competition open. the
donor of this handsome prize showed
his belief in the superiority Of Ca
madam wheat lands, by throwing the
contest open to farmers Of all Amer
lea. both United States and Canada.
The United States railways were by
no means anxious to have tho ca.
madam railways represented at the
show and . New York paper comment
Ing on the results Of the competitions
says that they we're not to be blamed,
as the Canadians captured tho most
important prize Of the show.
The winner Of this big wheat prize
was Mr.. Seager Wheeler Of Rosthern,
Saskatchewan. and its winning has
brought q great deal Of credit on the
district. The winning wheat was the
Marquis variety. and received no more
attention from Mr.. Wheeler than his
other grain. but he is q very particu-
lar farmer. His farm 10 n Of the
cleanest and best kept In the Ros-
thern district. and this year he won
first prize in q good farm competition
which included every feature Of farm
ing and every part Of the farm. Last
winter Wheeler was q prize winner
1T the provincial seed fair in Regina.
Wheeler is q firm believer in SOW.
ing clean seed of the best quality pro-
durable. consequently his grain ia
much sought after by the best far
mers for seed purposes.
Wheeler is an Englishman. He is a
pioneer Of Rosthern, coming here If
teen years ago. In the last six years
he has done much experimenting, par
ticularly in wheat varieties. His farm
long driveway, lined on both sides
with trees, leads to a modest house.
the home Of Wheeler, a modest, unas-
Stunning man with the appearance of a
student rather than a nan engaged In
commercial pursuits.
There are now no free homesteads
to be had in this district, and farm
lands are worth from $40 to $40 per
acre., which a few years ago were Sc
cured by their present owners, either
as g free gift or purchased at from SIS
10 SIS per acre.
1t is not many miles from Rosthern,
where the farmer lives, who secured
the first prize for wheat last year at
the National Corn Exposition at Co.
i.mbus and West of Rosthern, about
20 miles, lives Messrs. Hill and Son,
who won the Colorado Silver Trophy,
valued at s1,5o0, for the best peck of
cats. also awarded at the National
Corn Show at Columbus in 1910.
Not contented with the high honors
Obtained i'll its wheat, Canada again
.epDed forward into the show ring,
I'D carried of the Stillwell trophy
sad $1,0c0 for the best potatoes on
re continent. This tim, the winner
ras a British Columbia man. Mr..
tsshel Smith, the Potato King" Of
lat province. The exhibit consisted
cf II hundred ar1l n varieties
srawn from all parts Of the province
eggregating in weight one and a half
tons.
At the recent Dry Farming Con-
gress. held at Colorado Springs, and
at which time it was decided to hold
the next Congress at Lethbridge, in
1912, the Province Of Alberta made q
wonderful showing Of grains, grasses
and vegetables.
"At the Congress. Alberta got moro
prizes and trophies, ten to one, than
any state Of the Union" said Mr..
Hotchkiss to the Edmonton Bulletin.
I'VE brought back all but the build
ing with US. and they offered US that,
saying we might as well take all that
was going. We would have brought
It along. too. II we had had . fiat car
to put It on. Alberta captured nearly
so first prizes. 20 seconds, 8 thirds. .
cups, 40 medals. so ribbons and 2
!, sweepstakes. The grand sweepstake
prize. for the best EXHIBIT BY state or
province. . magnificent silver cup.
was presented to M with much cere.
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