Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-03-02
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.


Crop conditions throughout the west
Of Canada were 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 q good
part of the story, that the crops In
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta. r. Galloway's oat
crop threshed So bushels to the acre,
machine measure, and "A bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson Of Delisle.
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
1915 acres. w. & II. Clark, IL bush.
els to the acre on u acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres,
j. Lane threshed $500 bushels of 200
acres; j. Hamilton, $500 bushels OF
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av.
erage Of 90 bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district. G. Rol.o, had
an average of % bushels to the acre
on a total crop Of 10000 bushels. e
Brown Of Pincher Creek had a yield
Of 33 bushels on his winter wheat,
w. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield OF
25 bushels; Mr.. Fitzpatrick, %, and
Mr.. Freebairn. 20. Charles Nelson
of Eon Accord, Alberta, had threshed
his cron of 5000 bushels of grain,
wheat, oats and barley, from 216
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 owe,
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 1856
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
GER acre, and from 80 acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One of the
farmers Of Colonsay threshed out 81
bushels of wheat per acre from 1876
acres summer fallow, and another So
bushels per acre. James Glen OF
Orinllwater, Sask., had 36h bushels
GER acre; 40 acres summer fallow,
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble.
~ bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels off 200 acres. Abe Winters
IF Fleming has 80 bushels of wheat
GER acre At Govan. Benjamin Arm
strong had SO bushels to the acre.
John Glumlin, "a bushels. Charles
Latta, 50 bushels. j. K. Taylor 35
bushels. w. Small, 1000 bushels OIL
30 acres. j. +. Moore, $500 bushels
OH 215 acres. j. MacLean, 1900 bush
els on SO acres. w. Hopwood, 1850
bushels on 60 acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 30 acres. w. Curtin, $50
bushels on 81 acres. John Meyers.
lr, of Grand Coulee, reports 34A
bushels to the acre. p. p. Epp Of
Langham, Sask., has 35 1-3 bushels pei
acre. j. j. Thiessen, 81 bushels pei
acre. Chris Dear, 20 bushels per
acre from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessen
1917 bushels from 100 acres. P. p
Schultz, 18 bushels per acre from 100
acres. Robt. H. Virgins Of Manor
sask., had 80 bushels wheat and e
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb
30 bushels of wheat and IS bushels Of
pats per acre. Jack Robinson, IS
bushels of wheat per acre. VIM. Kin
del of Milestone, Sask.. had 80 bush
els of wheat per acre. r. j. Moore
70 bushels of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, 80 bushels of wheat per acre
]. ID. Sifton of Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre; oats, so bush
els per acre; fax, IL bushels to the
lcre. John L. Smith Of New Warren
had IS bushels of wheat per acre. AT
Regina H. w. Laird had 35 bushels
TO the acre; w. H. Duncan, wheat. %
bushels to the acre, fax, 16 bushels;
6. M. Bell, wheat, So bushels to the
acre. oats, 20 bushels; o. E. Rothwell.
Is bushels to the acre; j. McKinnis,
wheat, 35 bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats, so bushels; j.
5. Mooney, 81 bushels of wheat; 80
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies,
VIM Nesbitt had "A bushels wheat to
the acre. Sep. Latrace, "a bushels.
Thos. Miller 81 bushels. These were
all on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. AT Tuxford, Sask.,
v. ID. cunning ldu puSl1SlS. Jdu1C6
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. Al
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, off one
half section, had As bushels wheat to
The acre, and 40 bushels off another
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Geo.
Steer, off a twenty-acre field, threshed
half. M. A. Wilkinson, OFF 100 acres
81 bushels wheat to the acre. His
whole crop averaged over 40 Jas,
A. r. Camerons half section averaged
over SO bushels to the acre. D. Mo
Nevan, who has two farms, averaged
about 40 bushels. W. A. Cooper got
u bushels to the acre off II acres,
bis whole crop went about 49, John
Murray, 35 per acre off $50 acres
Hockey Bros, IS per acre off halt
section. W. Ransom, IS per acre OF
The Cathcert farm. N Dunno. 80 to
the acre. S. c. Hart, 80 per acre.
7. Murray, Jr, SO to the acre. A. B.
McEwan. 38 to the acre. Mayor Tay'
Tor, 80 to the acre.
A Frequent Speaker.
A member for northern constit
qency, who was one day reproached
by a disappointed supporter for never
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