Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 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 Canadianf 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 cat
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
BIS acres. W. & H. Clark, II bush
els to the acre on II acres Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres.
]. Lane threshed $500 bushels off 200
acres; j. Hamilton, $500 bushels off
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av-
erage of 25 bushels per acre on 160
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average of 20 bushels to the acre
On a total crop of 10000 bushels. 3.
Brown of Pineher 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, 20, and
Mr.. Freebairn, 20. Charles Nelson
Of Bon Accord, Alberta, had threshed
his crop of 5000 bushels Of grain,
wheat, oats and barley, from .21O
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 1t 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 1870
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre, and from 80 acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One of the
farmers of Colonsay threshed out 36
bushels of wheat per acre from 150
acres summer fallow, and another SO
bushels per acre. James Glen of
Drinkwater, Sask, had 36B 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 80 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, IS
bushels. w. Small, 1000 bushels on
80 acres. j. F. Moore, $500 bushels
on 215 acres. j. MacLean, 1900 bush
els on So acres. w. Hopwood, 1,750
bushels on 60 acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. w. Curtin, $50
bushels on 80 acres. John Meyers,
Jr., of Grand Coulee, reports BAN
bushels to the acre. P. P. Epp of
Langham, Sask., has 35 1-3 bushels per
acre. j. j. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear, rs bushels per
acre from 80 acres. Wm.' Thiessen,
1917 bushels from 100 acres. P. P.
Schultz, 10 bushels per acre from 100
acres. Robt. H. Virgins of Manor,
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and rs
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb,
80 bushels Of wheat and rs bushels OF
oats per acre. Jack Robinson, 80
bushels of wheat per acre. Wm. Kin
del of Milestone, Sask., had 38 bush
els of wheat per acre. r. ]. Moore
40 bushels of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, 80 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. Al
Regina H. w. Laird had 35 bushels
to the acre; w. H. Duncan, wheat, q
bushels to the acre, flax, 16 bushels
6. M. Bell, wheat, IS bushels to the
acre, oats, 70 bushels; o. e. Rothwell
rs bushels to the acre; J. McKinnis
wheat, 35 bushels summe fallow; q
bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels; ]
8. Mooney, 81 bushels of wheat; 81
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies
VIM. Nesbitt had "A bushels wheat t
the acre. Sep. Latrace, "a bushels
Thos. Miller, 81 bushels. These wer'
all on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. At Tuxford, Sask
c. B. Dunning had 81 bushels. jane
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. A
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, off on
half section, had As bushels wheat t
the acre, and 40 bushels off anothe
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Gee
Steer, off a twenty-acre field, threshe
half. M. A. Wilkinson, off 100 acres
52 bushels wheat to the acre. Hi
whole crop averaged over 40. Jas
A. R. Cameron's half section average
over 36 bushels to the acre. D. M
Nevan, who has two farms, average
about 40 bushels. w. A. Cooper go
At bushels to the acre off II acres
his whole crop went about 40. job
Murray, IS per acre off 100 acres
Hockey Bros, IS per acre Off a hal
section. w. Ransom, IS per acre Q
the Cathcert farm. N. Dunno, 80 t
the ere s.. G. Hart, 38 per acr'
T. Murray, Jr, 36 to the acre. A. I
McEwan, 38 to the acre. Mayor Ia,
1or, 80 to the acre.
His Light.
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