The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-03-04
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
81 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, II they are keen in business de-
tail and interest, know exactly their
financial position. The farmer OF
Western Canada Is generally q bust
ness man, and in his stock-taking he
will have found that he has had
successful year. On hooking 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 70
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 1000 bushels on 30
acres, while fields of 30 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 Be-
cured by Angus Robertson. d. McRae
and c. H. Hart, while the average
was IS. In wheat 30 bushels to the
acre were quite common on the newer
land, but on Is acres of land cult
waited for the past three years George
e. Wood secured l95 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 rs BUSH
els to the acre. Thomas Foreman, Of
Milestone, threshed 1000 bushels of
wheat, and 5000 bushels of fax on
900 acres of land. w. Weatherstonc.
Of Strathclair, threshed 5000 bushels
of oats from So acres. John Con-
zilla, of Gillies. about twenty-five miles
west of Rosthern, Sask., had $50 BUSH
els from acres Of wheat. Mr.. Con
zilla's general average of crop was
over 40 bushels to the acre. Ben
Cruise, a neighbor. averaged As BUSH
els to the acre from % acres. w. A.
Rose. of the Walderheim district,
threshed 5000 bushels of wheat from
$40 acres, an average Of rs bushels,
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged 33 bushels. He had also an
average of 50 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, tho
acre on SO acres of summer fallow.
Mr.. Midsky, of Rapid City MANI
threshed 1000 bushels of oats from
z acres.
The yield of the different varieties
of wheat per acre at the Experimental
Farm, Brandon. was: Red Fife, %
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 (Alberta)
proved up to expectations, the Swedish
variety oats yielding no bushels to
the acre. At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 4Sh bushels to the acre.
Yields of from 80 bushels to 100 bush
els of oats to the acre were quite
common in the Sturgeon River Settle
ment near Edmonton (Alberta). But
last year was uncommonly good and
the hundred mark was passed. VIM.
Craig had yield of oats from meas
uSed plot, which gave LOT bushels and
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey. Of Olds (Alberta)
threshed 100-acre field which yielded
101 bushels Of oats per acre. and Jo-
seph Mccartney had q large field
equally good. At Cupar (Sask.) oats
threshed 80 bushels to the acre. On
the TraQuairs farm at Cupar. i've
acre plot of Marquis wheat yielded 81
bushels to the acre, while Laurence
Barknel had 81 bushels of Red Fife to
the acre. At Wordsworth. Reeder
Bros wheat averaged 1914 bushels to
he acre, and w. McMillan's 30. VII
dam Kraft of Alix (Alberta) threshed
1,042 bushels of winter wheat on 19%
acres. or about So bushels to the acre.
John Laycroft Of Dinton. near High
River, Alberta, had over 100 BUSH
els Of spring wheat from so acres.
3. F. Knipe, near Lloydminster,
Saskatchewan. had 800 bushels q
wheat from 20 acres. w. Netcalf han
over 81 bushels to the acre. while 8.
Henderson. who was hailed badly.
had an average return of 80 bushels Of
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and John McBain.
of Redvers, Saskatchewan. had Is
bushels Of wheat to the acre. John