Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-02-09
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
"a BUSHELS PER ACRE.


making of new year. it is natural
20 look back over the past one. for
the purpose OF ascertaining what has
been done. The business man and
the farmer have taken stock. and
both, II they are keen in business de-
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer Of
Western Canada Is generally a busi-
ness man, and In his stock-taking he
will have found that he has had q
successful year. On looking over
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 40
bushels to the acre. In the Blaine
Lake district the fields ranged from
Is to so bushels per acre, Ben Crews
having 1.l50 bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter 1000 bushels off 30
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 c. Fl. Hart. while the average
was IS. In wheat 80 bushels to the
acre were quite common on the newer
land, but of 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 $4,000 bushels Of grain last
year, half of which was wheat. Its
market value was $4,000. He says
he is well satisfied.
Arthur Somers of Strathclair
threshed 100 acres, averaging rs bush
els to the acre. Thomas Foreman, OF
Milestone, threshed 1000 bushels of
wheat. and 5000 bushels of fax OF
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 $50 bush
els from acres of wheat. Mr.. Con-
zilla's general average Of crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben
Cruise, q neighbor. averaged As bush
els to the acre from % acres. w. A..
Rose, of the Walderheim district,
threshed 5000 bushels of wheat from
24O acres, an average of % bushels.
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged 33 bushels. He had also an
average of CO bushels of oats to the
acre on a 50-acre field. VIM. Lehman.
who has farm close to Rosthern.
had an average OF q bushels to the
acre on CD acres of summer fallow.
| Mr.. Midsky. of Rapid City MANI
threshed 1000 bushels of oats frem
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. 80 bushels; early Red Fife. q
| bushels.
The crops at the C. p. r. demonstra'
ton farms at Strathmore (Alberta)
proved up to expectations, the Swedish
variety oats yielding 40 bushels to
the acre. At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 4Sh 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 ant
the hundred mark was passed. VIM
Craig had a yield of oats from meas
ured plot, which gave 107 bushels ant
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, Of Odds tAlbertaI
ihreshed 100-acre field which yielded
101 bushels of oats per acre. and 10
seph Mccartney had a large field
equally good. At Cupar (Sask.) oats
threshed 80 bushels to the acre. On
the Traquairs farm at Cupar, five
acre plot of Marquis wheat yielded 81
bushels to the acre, while Laurence
Barknel had 81 bushels OF Red Fife ia
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reedei
Bros wheat averaged 33A bushels te
the acre. and w. McMillan's 32. VIII
liam Kraft of Alix (Alberta) threshet
1,042 bushels of winter wheat off 19A
acres. or about So bushels to the acre
John Laycroft Of Dinton, near High
l haI I'M ah
els of spring wheat from so acres.
E. F. Knipe. near Lloydminster
Saskatchewan, had 800 bushels o
wheat from 20 acres. w. Metcalf hat
over 81 bushels to the acre. while s
Henderson, who was hailed badly
had an average return Of 80 bushels o
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and John McBain
of Redvers. Saskatchewan. had q
bushels of wheat to the acre. Johl
Kennedy. east of the Horse Mill
district near Edmonton. from 4
acres of spring wheat got 1857 bush
els. or A bushels to the acre.
J. e. Vanderburgh, near Dayslow
Alberta, threshed four thousand bush
els of wheat from 120 acres. MI
Darcy. near there. threshed ten thou
Sand and fifty-eight bushels (machin
measure) OF wheat from FIVE hundre
acres. and out of this only sixty acre
was new land.
At Fleming. Sask., A Winter
wheat averaged 80 buEhels to the acr
and several others report heav
yields. Mr.. Winters crop was, not o
summer fallow. but on piece of Ian
broken In 1882 and said to be the FRS
broken in the Fleming district.
The agent of the Canadian govern
ment will be pleased to give inform;
ton regarding the various districts |
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberti