The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-02
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.


of Canada were not ideal, but notwith.
standing there were excellent crops.
Reports come from different parts to
the agents of the Canadian govern.
ment, whose literature tells good
part Of the story, that the crops in
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta, f. Galloway's oat
crop threshed 35 bushels to the acre.
machine measure, and A bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle.
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre or
R75 acres. w. & III. Clark, II bush,
els to the acre on n acres. Sheldoh
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acrr1.
] Lane threshed $500 bushels off 2vC
acres; j. Hamilton, $500 bushels of
26A acres. Mrs. Headley had an av,
erage of % bushels per acre on lee
acres Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G.. Rollo, hat
an ave. lge of rs bushels to the acre
on a total crop Of 10000 bushels. E
Brown of Pincher Creek had a yield
of 33 bushels on his winter wheat;
w. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield Of
Is bushels; Mr.. Fitzpatrick, %, and
Mr.. Freebairn, 20. Charles Nelson
of Bon Accord, Alberta, had threshe0
his crop of 5000 bushels of grain
wheat, oats and barley, from 2lC
acres of old ground.
VIM. Logan of Bon Accord is re
ported to have threshed 400 bushels
Of wheat from 9 acres of new break
ing. His oats it is said yielding over
100 bushels to the acre. Robert Mar
tin of Belbeck, Sask., from 100 acres
got $40 bushels of wheat. Geo. A
Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 100
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre, and from so acres stubbls
got "a bushels per acre. One of the
farmers of Colonsay threshed out g.
bushels of wheat per acre from 15I
acres summer fallow, and another IS
bushels per acre. James Glen Of
Drinkwater, Sask., had 36h bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow,
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble,
q bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels off 200 acres. Abe Winters
Of Fleming has 80 bushels of wheat
per acre. At Govan, Benjamin Arm
strong had 33 bushels to the acre
John Glumlin. 81 bushels. Charles
Latta, 35 bushels. j. X. Taylor, 8; |
bushels. w. Small, 1000 bushels Cd
30 acres. j. F. Moore, $500 bushels
on 215 acres. j. MacLean, $500 bush |
els on 60 acres. w. Hopwood, 1,75OI
bushels on 80 acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 30 acres. w. Curtin. $50
bushels on 81 acres. John Meyers,
Jr, of Grand Coulee, reports BAN
bushels to the acre. p. P. Epp Of
Langham, Sask., has 35 1-3 bushels pei
acre. J. ]. Thiessen, 81 bushels pei
acre. Chris Dear, 25 bushels per
acre from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessel
1917 bushels from 100 acres. P. P
Schultz, IS bushels per acre from lOl
acres. Robt. H. Virgins Of Manor
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and Z;
bushels Of oats per acre. Fred Cobb
30 bushels Of wheat and rs bushels Of
pats per acre. Jack Robinson, IS
bushels of wheat per acre. VIM. Kin
del of Milestone, Sask., had 38 bush
els of wheat per acre. R. j. Moore
10 bushels of wheat per acre. MartiD
Roddy, 38 bushels Of wheat per acre
J. d. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre; oats, 90 bush
els per acre; fax, II bushels to thu
acre. John L. Smith of New Warren
had 35 bushels Of wheat per acre. Al
Regina H. w. Laird had 35 bushe,
to the acre; w. H. Duncan, wheat, p
bushels to the acre, fax, 18 bushels
6. M. Bell, wheat, IS bushels to thu
acre, oats, 20 bushels; o. e. Rothwel
rs bushels to The acre; j. McKinnis
wheat, IS bushels summer fallow;
bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels;
8. Mooney, 81 bushels Of wheat;
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies
VIM. Nesbitt had A bushels wheat
the acre. Sep. Latrace. "a bushels
Thos. Miller, 81 bushels. These werd
oil on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. At Tuxford, SasE
G. B. Cunning had 81 bushels. Jane
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. A
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, off on
half section, had As bushels wheat
the acre, and 40 bushels off anoths
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Ged
Steer, of twenty-acre field, threshe
half. M. A. Wilkinson, of 100 acrei
81 bushels wheat to the acre. HI
whole crop averaged over 40. Ja1
A. r. Cameron's half section average
over SO bushels to the acre. D. M
Nevan, who has two farms, average
about 40 bushels. w. A. Cooper 90
~ bushels to the acre off II acres
his whole crop went about 40 job
Murray. 35 per acre off 100 acre
Hockey Bros. IS per acre off ha
section. w. Ransom, 35 per acre
the Cathcert farm. N. Dunno, 80
The acre. s. G. Hart, 3S per acr
T. Murray, Jr., SO to the acre. A.
McEwan, 3S to the acre. Mayor Tai
Tor, 80 to the acre.
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