The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-02-09
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
81 BUSHELS PER ACRE.

tho pulpOhe Vi uSCeTtHlnlHE WHht mas
been done. The business man and
tho farmer have taken stock. and
both, II they are keen in business do
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer OF
Western Canada is generally a bust.
ness man, and in his stock-taking no
will have found that he has had a
successful year. On looking over q
number of reports sent from various
quarters, the writer finds that In spite
OF the visitation OF drouth In u 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
10 to so bushels per acre. Ben Crews
having 1850 bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter l 200 bushels off 30
acres. while fields OF 30 bushels were
common. On poorly cultivated fields
but 10 bushels were reported.
In Foam Lake (Sask) district 100
bushels OF oats to the acre were SO.
cured by Angus Robertson, d. McRae
and c. II. Hart, while the average
was So. In wheat 80 bushels TO tho
acre were quite common on the newer
land but OF IL acres OF land cult
waited for the past three years George
e. Wood secured 400 bushels. Mr..
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 veil satisfied.
Arthur Somers OF Strathcla!r
threshed 100 acres, averaging 25 bush
els TO tho acre. Thomas Foreman. OF
Milestone, throshed II 900 bushels OF
wheat, and 1900 bushels OF fax OF
coo acres of land. w. Weatherstone.
of strathclair, throshed 5000 bushels
o. oats from 90 acres. John Con.
ella, of Gillies. about twenty-five miles
west OF Rosthern, Sask., had 1870 bush
els from 3 acres OF wheat Mr. Con
zillas general average of crop was
over 40 bushels TO the acre. Ben
Cruise. neighbor. averaged AZ bush.
els to the acre from % acres. w. A.
Rose. OF the Walderheim district.
threshed 6,000 bushels OF wheat from
$40 acres, an average Of % bushels,
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged SO bushels. He had also an
average OF 60 bushels Of oats TO the
acre on 50.acre field. Vim. Lehman,
who has n farm close to Rosthern,
had an average Of % bushels to tho
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, 2S
bushels; White Fife, 81 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 10 bushels to
the aero. At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 4S1a bushels to tho acre.
Yields Of from 80 bushels to 100 bush
els Of oats to tho acre were quito
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 n yield of oats from n meas.
ured plot, which gave lO7 bushels and
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey. OF Odds tAlberta)
threshed n 1O0-acre field which yielded
101 bushels of oats per acre. and Jo-
seph Mccartney had large field
equally good. At Cupar (Sask) oats
threshed so 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 to
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reeder
Bros wheat averaged 1914 bushels to
the acre, and w. McMillan's 32. VIII
liam Kraft of Alix (Alberta) threshed
1.042 bushels of winter wheat of 19%
acres, or about SO bushels to the acre
John Layoroft Of Dinton, near High
River. Alberta, had over 1.100 bush
els of spring wheat from 80 acres.
E. F. Knipe. near Lloydminster,
Saskatchewan, had 800 bushels of
wheat from 20 acres. w. Metcalf had
over 81 bushels 10 the acre. while s.
Henderson, who was hailed badly,
had an average return Of 80 bushels OF
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and John McBain
Of Redvers. Saskatchewan, had 25
bushels Of wheat to the acre. John
Kennedy, east Of tho Horse Mills
district near Edmonton, from 40
acres OF spring wheat got 1857 bush
els. or A bushels to the acre.
J. q. vanderburgh, near Dayslow
Alberta. threshed four thousand bush,
els of wheat from 100 acres. Mr.
Darcy, near there, threshed ten thou.
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