The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-02-10
EXCELLENT GRAIN
in WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
81 BUSHELS PER ACRE.

both. II they are Keen III DuSILeSS uS-
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer OF
Western Canada IS generally Ii bust
ness man, and in his stock-taAing he
will have found that he has had a
successful year. On looking over a
number Of reports sent from various
quarters, the writer finds that IN spite
Of tho visitation of dTouth III q small
portion OF Alberta, Saskatchewan anu
Manitoba, many farmers are able 10
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 ]. 2. Peters had 1880
bushels from SEQ acres, or nearly 40
bushels to the acre. In the Blaine
Lake district tho fields ranged from
IS to SO bushels per acre. Zen Crews
having 1850 bushels from "A acres;
Edmond Trotter 1900 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 cats to the acre were Sc
cured by Angus Robertson, d. McRae
and G. II. Hart, whilo the average
was So. 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
TT yyv.ol -,r ADE b,,cJnis 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. It's
market value was S25, 900. He says
he is we'll satisfied.
Arthur Somers OF Strathclair
threshed 100 acres. averaging % bush.
els TO the acre. Thomas Foreman, OF
Milestone, threshed II GOO bushels or
wheat, and 5000 bushels Of flax OFF
Coo acres of land. w. WeathcrstOne,
Of Strathclair, threshed 5000 bushels
OF oats from IS acres. John Con.
zilla, Of Gillies, about twenty-five miles
west Of Rosthern, Sask., had $50 bush
els from 3 acres Of wheat. Mr.. Con
Zilla's general average OF crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben
Cruise, Il neiGhb0r, averaged Is bush
els to the acre from % acres. W. A.
Rose, Of the Walderheim district.
threshed 5000 bushels OF wheat from
$40 acres, an average OF % bushels.
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged 33 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 q bushels to the
acre on Go acres of summer fallow.
Mr.. Midsky, OF Rapid City (A1an.)
threshed 1000 bushels Of oats from
Z 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, 80 bushels; early Red Fife, p
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
tho acre. At the farm W. rowed bar
ley went 48h 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 rear was uncommonly good anG
the hundred mark was passed. VIM
Cr,srv bod =, xfrlH ~ natc from n YnnoQ
ured plot, which gave LOT bushels and
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, Of Odds alberta.
threshed a 100-acre field which yielded
1O1 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, a five
acre plot of Marquis wheat yielded "a
bushels TO the acre, while Laurence
Barknel had 81 bushels of Red Fife tc
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reedel
Bros wheat averaged 33A bushels tc
the acre, and w. McMillan's 32. VIII
liam Kraft Of Alix (Alberta) threshet
1,O42 bushels of winter wheat Off 1874
acres. or about So bushels to the acre
John Laycroft Of Dinton, near High
2.iver, Alberta, had Owe LOO bush
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 2!
bushels Of wheat to tho 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.
]. E. Vanderburgh. near Dayslow
Alberta. threshed four thousand bush
els Of wheat from 12O acres. MI
Darcy. near there. threshed ten thou
sand and fifty-eight bushels (machin.
measure) Of wheat from five hundre'