The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-03-16
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS n
GOOD PAYING ONE.


standing there were excellent crops
Reports come from different parts to
the agents of the Canadian govern
ment, whose literature tells a 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 on
875 acres. w. & H. Clark, II bush
els to the acre on II acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 160 acres
J. Lane threshed $500 bushels off 200
acres; J. Hamilton, $500 bushels Off
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av-
erage of % bushels per acre on $50
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average Of rs bushels to the acre
on a total crop of 10000 bushels. e.
Brown of Pincher Creek had yield
of 33 bushels on his winter wheat
W. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield OF
25 bushels; Mr.. Fitzpatrick, %, and
Mr.. Freebairn, 20. Charles Nelson
of Bon Accord, Alberta, had threshed
his crop of 5000 bushels of grain
wheat, oats and barley, from ZIG
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 3,740 bushels Of wheat. Geo. A.
Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 100
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre, and from so acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One of tho
farmers Of Colonsay threshed out So
bushels of wheat per acre from $50
acres summer fallow, and another SO
bushels per acre. James Glen OF
Drinkwater, Sask., had 961s bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow,
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble,
81 bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels off 200 acres Abe Winters
of Fleming has SO bushels of wheat
per acre. At Govan, Benjamin ARM
strong had SO bushels to the acre
John Glumlin, "a bushels. Charles
Latta, 35 bushels. j. K. Taylor, 35
bushels. w. Small, 1900 bushels on
80 acres ]. F.. Moore, $500 bushels
on 215 acres. j. MacLean, 1900 bush
els on So acres. w. Hopwood, 1,75O
bushels on so acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. w. Curtin. $50
bushels on 80 acres. John Meyers,
Jr., of Grand Coulee, reports 34%
bushels to the acre. p. p. Epp of
Langham, Sask, has 35 1-3 bushels per
acre. ]. j. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear, % bushels per
acre from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessen.
1879 bushels from 100 acres. p. p.
Schultz, Is bushels per acre from 100
acres. Robt. H. Virgins of Manor,
Sask., had SO bushels wheat and rs
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb,
80 bushels of wheat and IS bushels OF
oats per acre. Jack Robinson, 80
bushels of wheat per acre. VIM. Kin
del of Milestone, Sask., had s38 BUSH
els of wheat per acre. r. j. Moore,
40 bushels Of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, 38 bushels of wheat per acre.
J. D. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre; oats, SO bush
els per acre; fax, II bushels to the
acre. John L. Smith of New Warren
had So bushels of wheat per acre. At
L r irI hr1C hn1
to the acre; w. Fl. Duncan, wheat, %
bushels to the acre, flax, 16 bushels;
G. M. Bell, wheat, 35 bushels to the
acre, oats, 20 bushels; o. e. Rothwell,
% bushels to the acre; J. McKinnis,
wheat, 35 bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels; j.
S. Mooney, 81 bushels of wheat; 80
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies,
VIM. Nesbitt had Al bushels wheat to
the acre. Sep. Latrace, 81 bushels.
Thos. Miller, 81 bushels. These were
all on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went a. At Tuxford, Sask.,
C. B. Dunning had 81 bushels. James
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. AT
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, off one
A10AL OOSCAOA1J h1u OuohClO WhCcC W
the acre, and 40 bushels off another
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Geo.
Steer, off twenty-acre field, threshed
half. NJ. A. Wilkinson, off 100 acres,
81 bushels wheat to the acre. His
whole crop averaged over 40. Jas.
A. R. Cameron's half section averaged
over So bushels to the acre. d. Me-
Neyan, who has two farms, averaged
about 40 bushels. W. A. Cooper got
AZ bushels to the acre off II acres;
his whole crop went about 40. John
Murray, IS per acre off 100 acres
Hockey Bros, 35 per acre off half
section. w. Ransom, So per acre OF
the Cathcert farm. NJ Dunno, SO to
the acre. S. c. Hart, 38 per acre
t. Murray, Jr., SO to the acre. A. p.
McEwan, 38 to the acre. Mayor Tay.
Tor, 80 to the acre.
True Humility.
"a suppose you are tempted to pun
on airs since you own motor car.
'I should say not" replied Mr..