The Forrest City times., 1911-02-10
EXCELLENT GRAIN FIELDS IN WESTERN
 CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
 54 BUSHELS PER ACRE.

to look back over the past one, for the purpose of aseertaining 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 busi- ness man, and in his stock-taking he will have found that he has had 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 5000 square miles. As, for instance, at Laird, Saskatchewan, tho crop returns showed that J. B. Peters had 12,S00 bushels from 320 acres, or nearly 40 bushels to the acre. In the Blaine Lake district the fields ranged from 15 to 50 bushels per acre. Ben Crews having 1,150 bushels from 24 acres; Edmond Trotter 1,200 bushels off 30 acres, while fields of 30 bushels were common. On poorly cultivated fields but 15 bushels were reported
 Tn Foam Lake (Sask) district 100 bushels of oats to the acre were se- cured by Angus Robertson, D. McRae and c. H. Hart, while the average was S5. In wheat 30 bushels to the acre were quite common on the newer land, but off 15 acres of land culti- yated for the past three years George E. Wood secured 495 bushels Mir. 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 It's market value was $25,000. He says he is we'll satisfied.
 Arthur Somers of Strathclair threshed 100 acres, averaging 25 bush els to the acre. Thomas Foreman, e Milestone, threshed Il, 1000 bushels of wheat, and 5000 bushels of flax off GOO 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 1S0 bush els from 5 acres of wheat. Mr Con- zilla's general average of crop was over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben Cruise, a neighbor, averaged 45 bush els to the acre from 3 acres. W. A. Rose, of the Walderheim district, z ht,C IoI@ ~n 240 acres, an average of % bushels, 100 acres was on summer fallow and averaged g bushels He had also an average of 60 bushels of oats to the acre on a 50-acre field Vim. Lehman, who has a farm close to Rosthern, had an average of 27 bushels to the acre on 60 acres of summer fallow. MT. 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 F4fe. 34 bushels; Pres ton, g bushels; early Red Fife, 27 bushels
 The crops at tEe c. P R demonstra- tion farms at Strathmore (Alberta) proved up to expectations. the Swedish variety oats yielding 110 bushels to the acre. At the farm two rowed bar Icy went 4813 bushels to the acre. Yields of from 50 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. Wm. Craig had q yield of oats from a meas ured plot, which gave 107 bushels and 20 lbs. per acre
 Albert Teskev, of Olds fAlberta) threshed 10o-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 50 bushels to the acre. On the Traquairs farm at Cupar. a five acre plot of Marquis wheat yielded 54 bushels to the acre, while Laurence Barknel had 37 bushels of Red Fife to the acre. At Wordsworth, Reeder Bros wheat averaged 3314 bushels to he acre, and W McMillan's 32 Will liam Krafft of Alix (Alberta) threshed 1,O42 bushels of winter wheat off 19a acres, or about 53 bushels to the acre. John Laycroft of Dinton, near High River, Alberta. had over HOO bush els of spring wheat from 50 acres.
 E. F. Knipe. near Lloydmlnster. Saskatchewan, had 500 bushels of wheat from 20 acres. W. Metcalf had over q bushels to the acre. while S. Henderson. who was hailed badly, had an average return Of 32 bushels of wheat to the acre.
 MeWhirter 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. Nanderburgh. near Dayslow,