The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-03-02
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.

ment, whose literature tells good
part Of the story. that the crops In
most places were splendid.
At Castor, Alta, f. Galloway's oat
crop threshed 80 bushels TO the acre,
machine measure, and a. bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson OF Del.ale,
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
875 acres. w. G. II. Clark, II bush.
els to the acre on II acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres.
]. Lano threshed $500 bushels off 200
acres; j. Hamilton, $500 bushels off
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av'
erage of rs bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers BROS. got 1920
bushels of $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district. q. Rollo. had
an average of 25 bushels to the acre
on total crop of 10000 bushels. Il.
Brown Of Pincher Creek had yield
| of 83 bushels on his winter wheat;
/ w. Walker, Miss Walker and John
| Goberts all had an average yield OF
/ 20 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 2lO
acres OF old ground.
VIM. Logan of Bon Accord is re-
ported to have threshed 400 bushels
OF wheat from acres OF now break
ing. His oats It is said yielding over
! hn1 20
! tin OF Bolbeck, Sask., from 100 acres
got 3,7iO bushels OF wheat. Geo. A
Campbell OF Caron, Sask., from 1870
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre, and from 30 acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One Of the
farmers OF Colonsay threshed out SO
bushels OF wheat per mere from 15C
acres summer fallow, and another 30
bushels per acre. James Glen OF
Drinkwater, Sask.. had SGh bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow.
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble,
81 bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels off eco acres. Abe Winters
of Fleming has 80 bushels Of wheat
per acre. At Goyan. benjamin Arm.
strong had 33 bushels to the acre.
John Glumlin. 81 bushels. Charles
Latta, 50 bushels. J. x. Taylor. 30
bushels. w. Small, 1000 bushels on
30 acres. J. f. Moore. $500 bushels
on 2l5 acres. J. MaCLean, 1000 bush
els on GO acres. w. Hopwood, 1850
bushels on 60 acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. W. Curtin, $50
bushels on 81 acres. John Meyers,
Jr., of Grand Coulee, reports Ban
bushels to the acre. p. p. Epp Of
Langham, Sask., has 80 1.3 bushels pei
acre. j. j. Thiesson, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear, 25 bushels per
acre from 90 acres. VIM. Thiessen.
1914 bushels from 100 acres. p. p.
Schultz, IS bushels per aero from 100
acres. Robt. H. Virgins OF Manor,
Sask., had 80 bushels wheat and rs
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. ]. Moore,
40 bushels OF wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy. SS bushels OF wheat per ecre.
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 30 bushels of wheat per acre At
Regina II. w. Laird had 80 bushels
to the acre; w. II. Duncan, wheat, %
bushels to the acre, fax, l6 bushels;
G. NJ. Bell, wheat, So bushels to tho
acre, oats, 70 bushels; o. Il. Rothwell,
Is bushels to the acre; J. McKinnls.
wheat, IS bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats, so bushels; ].
s. Mooney, 81 bushels Of wheat; so
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies.
VIM. Nesbitt had A bushels wheat 10
the acre. Sep. Latrace, 81 bushels
Thos. Miller, 81 bushels. These were
all on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. At Tuxford. SaBk
c. b. Dunpng had 81 bushels James
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. At
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, of ono
half section, had 45 bushels wheat &c
the acre, and 40 bushels off another
averaged 81 bushels TO the acre. Geo.
Steer, off q twenty-acre field, threshed
half NJ. A. Wilkinson. of 100 acres.
90 bushels wheat to tho acre. His
whole crop averaged over 40. Jas
A. r. Cameron's half section averaged
over SO bushels to tho acre. D. Nc.
Nevan, who has Two farms, averaged
about 40 bushels. W. A. Cooper got
A bushels to tho acre of II acres;
his whole crop went about 40. John
Murray. 35 per acre of 100 acres
Hockey Bros. IS per acre off a halt
section. w. Ransom. 35 per acre OF
! the Cathcert farm. N. Dunno, 80 to
the acre. 8. G. Hart, 3S per acre
II. Murray, Jr, 36 to the acre. A. II
McEwan, 3S TO tho acre. Mayor Tay'
Tor, 80 to the acre.
1t Is sweet to feel by what fine spur
, threads our affections are drawn TO
gether.-Sterne.