The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-03-03
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,
THE GREATEST WHEAT
MARKET ON THE CON-
TINENT
REMARKABLE YIELDS OF WHEAT
OATS, BARLEY AND FLAX IN
WESTERN CANADA LAST
YEAR.


pared with the Minneapolis receipt
Of 81, ,111,4l0 bushels, this placing Win
nipeg at the head OF the wheat re
ceiving markets Of the continent. Fol
lowing up this information It is founC
that the yields throughout the prov
inces Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan anC
Alberta, as given the writer by agents
of the Canadian Government sta
toned in different parts Of the States
have been splendid A few OF the
instances are given:
Near Redvers, Sask, Jens Hortnes'
threshed about 80 acres of wheat, aV
eraglng 20 bushels to the acre. Neal
Elphmstone, Sask, many Of the crops
of oats would run to nearly 100 bush
els to the acre A Mr.. Muir had about
200 acres Of this grain and he esti
mates the yield at about GO bushels
per acre. Wheat went 35 bushels to
the acre on the farm Of Mr., A. Loucks
near Wymyard, Sask., in the fall OF
1910. X. Erickson had q and p
Solvason II. In the Dempster (Man.)
district last year, wheat went from
% to 30 bushels per acre. Fifteen
acres on the Mackenzie G. Mann farm
today went forty-three bushels to the
acre. In the Wainwright and Battle
river districts yields Of wheat aver
aged for the district 20 bushels to the
acre. NJ. B. Ness, Of the Toleld, AL
berta, district, got 9S bushels and
2S lbs Of oats to the acre, while near
Montrose, over "a bushels Of oats to
the acre was threshed by J. Leonie,
Notwithstanding the dry weather Of
June. Further reports from the Ed.
monton district give Frank McLay Of
the Horse Falls 100 bushels of oats
to the acre. They weighed 45 lbs. to
the bushel. A 22-acre field of spring
wheat on Johnson Bros farm near
Agricola yielded 401a bushels to the
acre. Manitoba's record crop for 1910
was grown on Mcmillan Bros farm
near Westbourne, who have a total
crop Of 10000 bushels, netting 100000
off 2,2OO acres. G. w. Buchanan Of
Pincher Creek, Alberta, had 2513
bushels of No. 1 spring wheat to the
acre. Mr.. A. Hatton of Macleod dis
trict had wheat which averaged 21
bushels to the acre. b. F. Holden,
near Indian Head, sask., threshed $50
bushels of wheat from 20 acres.
On the Experimental Farm at In
dian Head, wheat has gone below 40
bushels, while several, such as the
Marquis and the Preston, have gone
as high as "a bushels to the acre. At
Elstow, Sask, the quantity of wheat
to the acre ran, on the average, from
26 right up to 40 bushels per acre,
while oats in some cases yielded
return of 70 to 80 bushels per acre,
with fax giving 13 to IA bushels per
acre.
w. c. Carnell had a yield Of AZ
bushels per acre from six acres of
breaking. Neil Callahan, two miles
northwest of Strome, had a yield of
AZ bushels of wheat per acre. VIM.
Lindsay, two miles east Of Strome,
had 11O4 bushels of Regenerated
Abundance oats from ten acres. Jo-
seph Scheelar, IL miles south Of
had 10000 bushels of wheat
and oats from $50 acres. Part of the
oats yielded IS bushels to the acre,
and the wheat averaged about 40
bushels. Spohn Bros, four miles
southwest of Strome, had a splendid
grain yield of excellent quality wheat,
grading No. 2. A. S. McCulloch, one
mile northwest of Strome, had some
wheat that went 40 bushels to the
acre. J. Blaser, a few miles south
west Of Strome, threshed 1853 bushels
Of wheat from 7 acres. Among the
good grain yields at Macklin, Alberta,
are: d. n. Tweedle, % BUSH
els to the acre; John Currin, "a bush
els wheat to the acre; Sam Fletcher,
~ bushels to the acre.
At Craven, Sask, Albert Clark
,hreshed from 60 acres of stubble
$3.50 bushels; from 20 acres Of fall
ow 900 bushels of red fife wheat that
65 pounds to the bushel.
Charles Keith threshed 40 bushels to
he acre from 40 acres. Albert Young,
If Stony Beach, southwest of Lums-
len, threshed So bushels per acre
rom summer fallow, and George
Young 5000 bushels from 100 acres Of
itubble and fallow, or an average Of
IS IL bushels to the acre. Arch Nor
on got $500 bushels Of red fife from
go acres. James Russell got $500
bushels from stubble and late break
ng, an average of 231a bushels.
At Rosthern Jacob Friesen had q
,ushels per acre from 80 acres on
lew land and an average over his
whole farm of 211s bushels Of wheat.
Tohn Schultz threshed 4,400 bushels
rom 100 acres, or A bushels to the
lcre. John Lepp had 81 bushels per
lcre from 200 acres. A. b. Dirk had
.2 bushels per acre from 25 acres. !
Robert Roe of Grand Coulee threshed
.5 bushels to the acre from 420 acres. !
Sedley, Sask., is still another dis
rict that has cause to be proud of
he yields of both wheat and fax.
I. Cleveland got 80 bushels of wheat !
,er acre on 100 acres and IS bushels
# fax on 140 acres. T. Dundas,
southeast of Sedley, 40 bushels per
lcre on 80 acres; NJ e. Miller "a
,ushels per acre on 10 acres of stub
lie, and 35 bushels per acre on 250 |
lcres fallow; w. A. Day had 80 bush
lis per acre on 200 acres Of stubble,
md 80 bushels on $50 acres of fallow;
/ o. Scott had 30 bushels Of wheat
,er acre on 200 acres, and 18 bush
lis of fax per acre on 300 acres;
ames Bullick averaged 20 bushels of |
Wheat; A. Allen 30 bushels; Jos. Run
ons, 40; Alex Ferguson, 38; w. r.
Thompson. 35. all on large acreages. |