Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-02-24
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS In WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
54 BUSHELS PER ACRE.

Now that we nave enIereu upoh Ino
making of a new year, It is natural
To look back over the past one, Tor
the purpose Of ascertaining what has
been done. The business man and
the farmer have taken stock, and
both, If they are keen in business De
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer OF
Western Canada is generally bust
ness man, and in his stock-tahng ne
will have found that he has had
successful year. On looking over
number of reports sent from various
quarters, the writer finds that In spite
of the visitation of drouth in small
portion of Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba. many farmers are able to
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 j. B. Peters had 1880
bushels from 800 acres, or nearly 40
bushels to the acre. In the Blaine
Lake district the fields ranged from
Is to so bushels per acre, Ben Crews
having 1,150 bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter 1900 bushels OF 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 oats to the acre were Sc
cured by Angus Robertson, d. McRae
and c. II. Hart, while the average
was IS. In wheat 80 bushels TO the
acre were quite common on the newer
land. but of Is acres of land cult
waited for the past three years George
z. Wood secured 495 bushels. Mr..
James Traynor, near Regina (Sask)
is sim on the shady side of thirty.
He had $4,000 bushels Of grain last
year, half of which was wheat. Its
market value was $4,000. He says
he is we'll satisfied.
Arthur Somers of Strathclair
threshed 100 acres, averaging 20 BUSH
els TO the acre. Thomas Foreman, Of
Milestone, threshed 1000 bushels Of
wheat, and 5000 bushels of fax on
500 acres Of land. W. Weatherstone.
of Strathclair, threshed 5000 bushels
of oats from Sc acres. John Con-
zilla, of Gillies. about twenty-five miles
west of Rosthern, Sask., had $50 bush
els from acres fof wheat. Mr.. Con-
zilla's general average Of crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben
Cruise, neighbor, averaged As BUSH
els to the acre from % acres. w. A.
Rose, Of the Walderheim district,
threshed 5000 bushels of wheat from
240 acres. an average Of 25 bushels,
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged 33 bushcle. He had also an
average Of 81 bushels of oats to the
acre on a 50-acre field. VIM. Lehman,
who has a farm close to Rosthern
had an average Of 81 bushels to the
acre on. So acres of summer fallow
Mr.. Midsky. OF Rapid City. MANI
threshed 1000 bushels of oats from
acres.
The yield Of the different varieties
of wheat per acre at the Experiments
Farm. Brandon, was: Red Fife. q
bushels; White Fife. "a bushels; Pres
ton. 80 bushels; early Red Fife, q
bushels.
- The crops at the c. P. R. demonstra
ton farms at Strathmore (Albertal
proved up to expectations, the Swedish
variety oats yielding ITO bushels Il
the acre. At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 4S16 bushels to the acre
Yields of from so bushels to 100 bush
els of oats to the acre were quit
common in the Sturgeon River Settle
ment near Edmonton (Alberta). Blu
last year was uncommonly good ant
the hundred mark was passed. VIM
Craig had yield Of oats from meas
ured plot, which gave 107 bushels ant
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, Of Dds alberta
threshed a 100-acre field which yielde,
10f bushels of oats per acre. and 10
seph Mccartney had a large felt
equally good. At Cupar (Sask) oatl
threshed so bushels to the acre. o.
the Trauuairs farm at Cupar, a five
acre plot of Marquis wheat yielded s.
bushels to the acre. while Laurence
Barknel had 81 bushels of Red Fife u
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reede
Bros wheat averaged 1914 bushels u
the acre, and w. McMillan's 80. Wi
liam Kraft Of Alix (Alberta) threshe
1912 bushels of winter wheat on 1ss
acres, or about SO bushels to the acre
John Laycroft Of Dinton, near Hig
River, Alberta, had over 100 busl
els Of spring wheat from so acres.
e. f. Knipe, near Lloydminstel
Saskatchewan, had 500 bushels Q
wheat from 20 acres. w. Metcalf ha
over 81 bushels to the acre. while
Henderson, who was hailed badl,
had an average return of 80 bushels G
wheat TO the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and john McBaiI
of Redvers, Saskatchewan, had
bushels Of wheat to the acre. job
Kennedy. east OF the Horse Mill
district near Edmonton, from 4
acres Of spring wheat got 1857 busl
els. or A bushels to the acre.
J. e. Vanderburgh. near Daysloy
Alberta, threshed four thousand busl
els of wheat from 120 acres. NJ
Darcy. near there. threshed ten tho
sand and fifty-eight bushels (machir
measure) Of wheat from five hundre
acres. and out Of this only sixty acre
was new land.