The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-23
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
81 BUSHELS PER ACRE.


making of new year, it is natural
to 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, if they are keen in business de-
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer of
Western Canada is generally bust
ness man, and in his stock-taking he
will have found that he has had
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 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 1890
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 1,15O bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter 1000 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 were Sc
cured by Angus Robertson, D. McRae
and C, 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 $4,000 bushels of grain last
year, half of which was wheat. Its
market value was $4,000. He says
he is well satisfied.
a 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 flax off
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, neighbor, averaged 45 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 25 bushels,
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged 33 bushels. He had also an
average of 50 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.
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, %
bushels; White Fife, "a bushels; Pres
ton, 81 bushels; early Red Fife, 81
bushels.
The crops at the c. P. r. demonstra-
ton far1Rs at Strathmore (Alberta)
proved up to expectations, the Swedish
variety oats yielding Ito bushels to-
the acre. At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 1914 bushels to the acre
Yields Of frBrn so bushels to 100 BUSH
Gig of oats to the acre were quite !
common in the Sturgeon River Settle
ment near Edmonton (Alberta). But
last year wa8 Uncommonly good and!
the, hundred mark was passed. VIM. |
Craig had yield of oats from meas
ured plot, which, gave 107 bushels and
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, of Odds (Alberta)
threshed 100laeTe field which yielded
101 bushels of cats per acre, and Jo--
seph Mccartney had large field
equally good. Al Cupar (Sask. oats
threshold 80 bushels to the acre. On |
the Traquairs farm ait Cupar, 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. N1cMillan's 80. Will
liam Kraft of Alix eAlberta) threshed |
| ,042 bushels, of winter wheat off 1871 |
acres, or-about 53i bushels to the acre.
John Laycrofh Of Dinton, near High |
River, Alberta, had over LOO bush |
els of spring, wheat from so acres.
e. F.. Knipa, near Lloydminster,
had 500 bushels Of
wheat from 20 acres. w. Metcalf had
c,er 81 bushels to- the acre, while S.
who was hailed badly, |
had an average. RETURN of 80 bushels of |
wheat to- the acre.
McWhirter Ra0s. and John McBain. |
Of Redvers, Saskatchewan, had Is |
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.. Vand&rburgh, near Dayslow,
Alberta, threshed four thousand bush
els of wheat from 120 acres. Mr..
D'ArcY, near there, threshed ten thou
sand and fifty-eight bushels (machinas
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