Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-09
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.

| VI Ohuduh WCEO hOb AuCait Jul AoAHAtA-
standing there were excellent crops.
Reports come from different parts 70
the agents Of the Canadian govern
ment, whose literature tells q good
part Of the story, that the crops in
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta, F. Galloway's oat
crop 'threshed IS bushels to the acre.
machine measure, and A bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle,
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
S75 acres. w. & H. Clark, II bush
els to the acre on n acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on t6U- acres.
J. Lane threshed $500 bushels on 200
acres; ]. Hamilton, $500 bushels on
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an ay-
erage Of 25 bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels of $40 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average Of rs bushels to the acre
on total crop of 10000 bushels. q.
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
rs 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 30
acres Of old ground.
VIM. Logan of Bon Accord is re-
ported to have threshed 400 bushels
Of wheat from 8 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 3,740 bushels Of wheat. Gee. 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 the
farmers Of Colonsay threshed out SO
bushels of wheat per acre from 100
acres summer fallow, and another 80
bushels per acre. James Glen Of
Drinkwater, Sask., had 36h bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow,
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble. ,
q bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels on 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. X. Taylor, IS
bushels. W. Small, 1000 bushels on
30 acres. ]. F. Moore, $500 bushels
on 215 acres. ]. MacLean, 1000 BUSH
els on SO acres. w. Hopwood, 1,750
bushels on so acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 30 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 IS 1-S bushels per
acre. ]. ]. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear, 25 bushels per
aero from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessen,
1871 bushels from 100 acres. P. P.
Schultz, IS bushels per acre from 100
acres. Robt. H. Virgins Of Manor.
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and 20
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 3S bush
els of wheat per acre. R. j. Moore,
40 bushels Of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, 3S bushels Of wheat per acre.
J. d. Sifton Of Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre; oats, 80 bush
els per acre; fax, IL bushels to the
acre. John L. Smith Of New Warren
had 80 bushels Of wheat per acre. At
Regina H. w. Laird had 80 bushels
to the acre; w. H. Duncan, wheat, "a
bushels to the acre, fax, 16 bushels;
G. NJ. Bell, wheat, 35 bushels to the
acre, oats, 20 bushels; o. E. Rothwell.
Is bushels to the acre; ]. McKinnis,
wheat, 35 bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels; ].
s. Mooney, 81 bushels Of wheat; 80
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies.
VIM. Nesbltt had A bushels wheat to
the acre. Sep. Latrace, 81 bushels.
Thos. Miller, 81 bushels. These were
all on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. At Tuxford, Sask.,
G. B. Dunning had 81 bushels. James
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. At
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, on one
half section. had IS bushels wheat to
the acre. and 40 bushels OF another
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Geo.
Steer, OF a twenty-acre field. threshed
half. NJ. A. Wilkinson, OF 100 acres.
81 bushels wheat to the acre. his
whole crop averaged over 40. Jas.
A. r. Cameron's half section averaged
over IS bushels to the acre. D. Nc
Nevan. who has two farms. averaged
about 40 bushels. w. A. Cooper got
q bushels to the acre on II acres;
his whole crop went about 40. John
Murray, IS per acre on $50 acres.
Hockey Bros. IS per acre on q half
section. w. Ransom, IS per acre Of
he Cathcert farm. N. Dunno. SO to
he acre. s, G. Hart. So per acre.
+. Murray. Jr, SO to the acre. A y.
McEwan. SS to the acre. Mayor Tay-
or, 80 to the acre.