The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-02-10
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
50 BUSHELS PER ACRE.


making of new year, 1t is natural
to look back over the past one, for
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-taking he
will have found that he has mad
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 ana
Manitoba, many farmers are able to
report splendid crops. And these re-
ports come from different sections,
covering an area of about 2o,OOO
square miles. AS, for instance, at
Laird, Saskatchewan, the crop returns
showed that j. B: Peters had 12,SO0
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 1850 bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter 1900 bushels off 80
acres, while fields Of 80 bushels were
common. On poorly cultivated fields
bat 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. FL, Hart, while the average
was 50. In wheat 80 bushels to the
| ecre were quite common on the newer
/ land, but off Is acres of land culti'
waited for the past three years George
e. Wood secured 495 bushels. Mr..
! James Traynor, near Regina (Sask)
! is still 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 well satisfied.
Arthur Somers of Strathclair
! threshed 100 acres, averaging 70 bush
els to the acre. Thomas Foreman, aof
Milestone, threshed 1000 bushels of
wheat, and 5000 bushels of flax of
! 600 acres of land. w. Weatherstone
of Strathclair, threshed 5000 bushels
of oats from SO acres. John Con
zilla, of Gillies, about twenty-five miles
west of Rosthern, Sask., had 1870 bush
els from acres Of wheat. MIR. Con
zillas general average of crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Bef
/. Cruise, neighbour averaged As bush
efs;to the acre from % acres. w. A
Rose, Of the Walderheim DISTRICT
threshed 5000 bushels Of wheat from
24O acres, an average of 20 bushels
100 acres was on summer fallow an(
averaged SO bushels. He had also al
average of 60 bushels of oats to th'
acre on a 50-acre field. VIM. Lehman
who has a farm close to Rosthern
had an average of q bushels to thu
acre on 60 acres of summer fallow
Mr.. Midsky, of Rapid City (Man.
threshed 1000 bushels of oats from
Z acres.
The yield of the different varietie
of wheat per acre at the Experimental
\ Farm, Brandon, was: Red Fife, 2
bushels; White Fife, "a bushels; Pres
ton, 80 bushels; early Red Fife, 2
bushels.
The crops at the c. P. R. demonstra
ton farms at Strathmore alberta
proved up to expectations, the Swedis
variety oats yielding 40 bushels t.
the acre. At the farm two rowed ban
ley went 4S1a bushels to the acre
4 Yields of from so bushels to 100 busl
els of oats to the acre were quit
common in the Sturgeon River Settle
ment near Edmonton (Alberta). Blu
last year was uncommonly good an
the hundred mark was passed. Wn
Craig had yield of oats from meas
ured plot, which gave 107 bushels an
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, of Odds alberta
threshed 100-acre field which yielde
101 bushels of oats per acre, and Jc
seph Mccartney had a large hel
equally good. At Cupar (Sask) oat
threshed 80 bushels to the acre. O
the Traquairs farm at Cupar, a five
acre plot Of Marquis wheat yielded
bushels to the acre, while Laurenc
Barknel had 81 bushels of Red Fife
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reede
Bros wheat averaged 1914 bushels t
the acre, and w. McNIillan's 80. Wi
liam Kraft of Alix (Alberta) threshe
1,042 bushels of winter wheat off 1873
acres, or about SO bushels to the acr'
John Laycroft Of Dinton, near Hig
River, Alberta, had over LOO busl
els of spring wheat from 90 acres.
E. F. Knipe, near Lloydminste
Saskatchewan, had 500 bushels {
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 {
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and John McBail
of Redvers, Saskatchewan, had
J bushels of wheat to the acre. job
Kennedy, east. of the Horse Mil
, district near Edmonton, from
, acres of spring wheat got 1857 bus
els, or A bushels to the acre.