Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-09
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.

HS 0nAJN ChOf Of 1911 WAC ~
GOOD PAYING ONE.
Crop conditions throughout the west
Of Canada we're 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 a good
part Of the story. that the crops in
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta, F. Galloway's oat
crop threshed 35 bushels to the acre,
machine measure, and a. bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle.
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
B75 acres. w. & H. Clark, II BUSH
els to the acre on II acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres.
]. Lane threshed $500 bushels off 200
acres; j. Hamilton. $500 bushels off
e64 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av-
erage OF 25 bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average of % bushels to the acre
on a total crop Of 10000 bushels. e.
Brown Of Pincher Creek had a yield
Of 80 bushels on his winter wheat;
W. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield Of
25 bushels; MI. 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 210
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 it is said yielding over
LOO bushels to the acre. Robert Mar
tin of Belbeck. Sask., from 100 acres
got $40 bushels Of woeat. Geo. A.
Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 1879
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre. and from so acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One of tho
farmers Of Colonsay threshed out SO
bushels of wheat per acre from $50
acres summer fallow. and another SO
bushels per acre. James Glen Of
Drinkwater, Sask., had 36A bushels
per acre; 40 acres sumner fallow,
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble,
~ bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels off 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. ]. K. Taylor, 35
bushels. W. Small, 1000 bushels ON
80 j. F. Moore. $500 bushels
on 215 acres. j. MacLean, 1900 BUSH
els on 63 acres. W. Hopwood. 1850
bushels on GO acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. w. Curtin, $50
bushels on 81 acres. John Meyers,
Jr.. of Grand Coulee. reports BAY
bushels to the acre. p. p. Epp of
Langham, Sask, has So 1-3 bushels per
acre. J.. ]. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear, 25 bushels per
acre from 80 acres. VIM. Thiessen,
1917 bushels from 100 acres. P. p.
Schultz, 10 bushels per acre from 100
acres. Robt. H. Virgins of Manor,
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and Is
bushels of oats per acre. Fred Cobb,
30 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 80 BUSH
els Of wheat per acre. R. j. Moore.
20 bushels Of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy. 80 bushels Of wheat per acre.
J. d. Sifton Of Moose Jaw had 81
bushels wheat per acre: oats, so BUSH
els per acre: fax, IL bushels to the
acre. John L. Smith Of New Warren
had IS bushels Of wheat per acre. At
Regina II. w. Laird had IS bushels
to the acre: w. II. Duncan. wheat, %
bushels to the acre. fax. 16 bushels;
g. NJ. Bell. wheat, IS bushels to the
acre. oats. 70 bushels; o. E. Rothwell.
e5 bushels to the acre; ]. McKinnis.
wheat, IS bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels j.
9. Mooney. 81 bushels Of wheat; 80.
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies.
VIM. Nesbitt had "A bushels wheat to
the acr Sep. Latrace. 81 bushels.
Thos. Miller, 81 bushels. These were
ill on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went II. At Tuxford, Sask.,
G. B. Dunning had 81 bushels. James
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. At
Yellow Grass. VIM. Robson, OF n
half section. had IS bushels wheat to
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