Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-07
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.

Crop conditions throughout the west
of Canada we're 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 a good
part of the story, that the crops in
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta, F. Galloway's oat
crop threshed 80 bushels to the acre,
machine measure. and "A bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle,
Alta, had 90 bushels to the acre on
So acres. w. & H. Clark, IL bush
els to the acre on n acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres.
]. Lane threshed $500 bushels off zoo
acres; ]. Hamilton. $500 bushels on
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av-
erage of % bushels per acre on 160
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average of % bushels to the acre
on a total crop of 10000 bushels. E.
Brown of Pincher Creek had a yield
of S3 bushels on his winter wheat;
w. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield of
20 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 210
acres of old ground.
VIM. Logan of Bon Accord is re-
ported to have threshed 400 bushels
of wheat from 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 $50
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre, and from so acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One of the
farmers of Colonsay threshed out SO
bushels of wheat per acre from 100
acres summer fallow, and another SS
bushels per acre. James Glen OF
Drinkwater, Sask., had 36ls 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, "a bushels. Charles
Latta, 35 bushels. ]. x. Taylor, So
bushels W. Small, 1000 bushels on
OA L = II,
on 215 acres. j. MacLean, 1900 bush
els on So acres. w. Hopwood, 1850
bushels on 60 acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. w. Curtin. $50
bushels on 81 acres. John Meyers,
! Jr., of Grand Coulee, reports 34&
bushels to the acre. p. p. Epp Of
Langham, Sask., has 80 1-3 bushels per
acre. j. ]. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear, 20 bushels per
acre from 80 acres. VIM. Thiesse
1874 bushels from 100 acres. p. P.
Schultz, Is bushels per acre from ZOE
acres. Robt. H. Virgins Of Manor,
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and 70
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb,
| 80 bushels of wheat and rs bushels of
cats per acre. Jack Robinson, 80
bushels of wheat per acre. VIM. Kin
del of Milestone, Sask., had So bush
els of wheat per acre. r. ]. Moore,
40 bushels of wheat per acre, Martin
Roddy, SO bushels of wheat per acre.
]. 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 80 bushels of wheat per acre. At
| Regina H. w. Laird had So bushels
/ to the acre; W. II. Duncan, wheat, %
/ bushels to the acre, fax, 16 bushels;
4 G. NJ. Bell wheat, 35 bushels to the
acre, oats, 70 bushels; o. e. Rothwell,
/ % bushels to the acre; J. McKinnis,
| wheat, IS bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats. 80 bushels; J.
| S. Mooney, 81 bushels of wheat; so
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies,
VIM Nesbitt had A bushels wheat to
the acre Sep. Latrace, 81 bushels.
Thos Miller, 81 bushels. These were
ell on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. At Tuxford, Sask.,
c. b. Dunning had 81 bushels. James
Batn, Al bushels summer fallow. At
Yellow Grass. VIM. Robson, off one
half section, had As bushels wheat to
tn acre, and 40 bushels off another
averaged 81 bushels to the acre Geo.
Steer, off a 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 &c bushels to the acre. d. Nc.
Nevan, who has two farms, averaged
about DO bushels. w. A. Cooper got
AZ bushels to the acre of II acres;
his whole crop went about 40 John
Murray, IS per acre off 100 acres.
Hockey Bros. So per acre off a half
section. w. Ransom, 80 per acre of
the Cathcert farm. N. Dunno, 80 to
the acre s. c. Hart, 38 per acre.
T. Murray j. SO to the acre A. e.
McEwan, 80 to the acre. Mayor Tag
Tor, 80 to the acre.