The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-02-18
EXCELLENT GRAIN
FIELDS. IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT As HIGH 40
81 BUSHELS PER ACRE.


the purpose OF ascertaining wnat mas
heen done. The business man ana
the farmer have taken Stock anu
both. II they are keen In business de-
tail and interest, know exactly tneir
financial position. The farmer OF
Western Canada is generally DUST
ness man, and In his stock-taklng no
will have found that he has had
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 10
report splendid crops. And these re-
ports come from different sections,
covering an area of about 25,Ooo
square miles. AS. for instance, at
Laird, Saskatchewan. the crop returns
showed that j. B. Peters had lZ'eoo
bushels from 800 acres, or nearly ~
bushels to the acre. In the Blaine
Lake district the fields ranged from
10 to so bushels per acre, Ben crews
having 1,,s0 bushels from "a acres;
Edmond Trotter 1900 bushels on 80
acres, while fields of 80 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 Sc
cured by Angus Robertson. D. McRae
and c. H. Hart, while the average
was IS. In wheat 80 bushels to the
acre were quite common on the newer
land, but off Is acres OF land Guilt
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 25 bush
els to the acre. Thomas Foreman. Of
Milestone, threshed 1900 bushels Of
wheat, and 5000 bushels Of fax on
900 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 $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
100 acres was on summer fallow and
averaged 33 bushels. He had also an
average Of 60 bushels of oats to the
acre on 50-acre field. VIM. Lehman,
who has farm close to Rosthern,
had an average of q bushels to the
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 varieties
Of wheat per acre at the Experimental
Farm, Brandon. was: Red Fife, rs
bushels; White Fife, "a bushels; Pres
ton. 80 bushels; early Red Fife, 81
! bushels.
The crops at the c. p R. demonstra
ton farms at Strathmore (Alberta)
proved up to expectations, the Swedish
variety oats yielding ITO bushels tc
the acre. At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 4Sh bushels to the acre
Yields Of from so bushels to 100 bush
els Of oats to the acre were quite
common in the Sturgeon River Settle
ment near Edmonton (Alberta). Blu
last year was uncommonly good ant
the hundred mark was passed. VIM
Craig had yield of oats from a meas
ured plot, which gave LOT bushels an,
20 lbs. per acre.
Albert Teskey, of Odds alberta
threshed 100-acre field which yielde,
101 bushels Of oats per acre, and Jo
seph Mccartney had large feel,
equally good. At Cupar (Sask.) oat
threshed 80 bushels to the acre. Ol
the Traquairs farm at Cupar, a five
acre plot Of Marquis wheat yielded s
bushels to the acre, while Laurenc
Barknel had 81 bushels of Red Fife L
the acre. At Wordsworth, Reede
Bros wheat averaged 33A bushels t
the acre, and w. McMillan's 80. Wi
liam Kraft Of Alix (Alberta) threshe
1,042 bushels of winter wheat OF 19s
acres. or about SO bushels to the acre
John Laycroft of Dinton, near Hig
River. Alberta, had over 100 busf
els Of spring wheat from 80 acres.
q. F. Knipe, near Lloydminstel
Saskatchewan, had 800 bushels q
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 q
wheat to the acre.
McWhirter Bros. and John McBair
OF Redvers. Saskatchewan, had 2
bushels Of wheat to the acre. job
Kennedy. east OF the Horse Mil
district near Edmonton. from 4
acres Of spring wheat got 1,767 busl
els. or "A bushels to the acre.
]. Il. vanderDurgh, near Dayslov
Alberta. threshed four thousand busl
els of wheat from 100 acres. M,
Darcy. near there. threshed ten tho,
sand and ffty-eight bushels (machin
| n1oo avlral ~ NH ook S-c... a.