The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-12-30
WESTERN CANADA
FARMER SECURES
WORLDS PRIZE
FOR WHEAT
4 RosTHERN, sAsK, FARMER
THE LUCKY WINNER.

Sir Thomas Shaughnessy of the Ca.
madam Pacific Railway offered $1,000
IN gold as prize for the best 100 lbs.
OF wheat grown On the American CON
nnent, to be competed for at the re-
cent Land Show in New York. In
making the competition open. the
donor of this handsome prize showed
MS belief in the superiority of Ca
madam wheat lands, by throwing the
contest open to farmers of all Amer
lea, both United States and Canada
Inc United States railways were nv
no means anxious to have the Ca
madam railways represented at the
| snow and a New York paper comment
ing on the results Of the competitions
says that they were not to be blamed.
as the Canadians captured the most
important prize Of the show.
The winner of this big wheat prize
was Mr.. Seager Wheeler of Rosthern.
Saskatchewan, and its winning has
brought a great deal of credit on the
district. The winning wheat was the
Marquis variety, and received no more
attention from Mr.. Wheeler than his
other grain, but he is a very particu-
lar farmer. His farm is one of the
cIeanest and best kept in the Ros-
them district, and this year he won
hrst prize in a good farm competition
which included every feature of farm
Ing and every part of the farm. Last
winter Wheeler was a prize winner
at the provincial seed fair in Regina.
Wheeler is firm believer in SOW
ing clean seed of the best quality pro-
durable, consequently his grain is
much sought after by the best far
mers for seed purposes
Wheeler is an Englishman. He is a
pioneer of Rosthern, coming here fif- |
teen years ago. In the last six years
he has done much experimenting. par |
dcularly in wheat varieties His farm |
resembles an experimental farm. A |
long driveway, lined on both sides !
with trees, leads to a modest house, |
the home of Wheeler, a modest. unas-
Stunning man with the appearance of a
student rather than a man engaged in
commercial pursuits.
There are now no free homesteads
to be had in this district, and farm
lands are worth from $40 to $40 per
acre, which a few years ago were Sc
cured by their present owners, either
as free gift or purchased at from So
to So per acre.
1t is not many miles from Rosthern.
where the farmer lives, who secured
the first prize for wheat last year at
the National Corn Exposition at Co.
lumbus and West Of Rosthern, about
$50 miles, lives Messrs. Hill and Son.
who won the Colorado Silver Trophy,
valued at $500, for the best peck of
oats, also awarded at the National
Corn Show at Columbus in 1910.
Not contented with the high honors
obtained in its wheat, Canada again
stepped forward into the show ring,
and carried of the StilIWeH trophy
md $1,000 for the best potatoes on !
he continent. This time the winner
vas a British Columbia man, Mr.. |
AsaheI Smith, the Potato King" of
hat province The exhibit consisted
If one hundred and one varieties
lrawn from all parts of the province
Lggregating in weight one and a half
ons.
At the recent Dry Farming Con-
Tess. held at Colorado Springs, and
It which time it was decided to hold
he. next Congress at Lethbridge, in
O1H, the .6EONIuC0 OF Alberta naQ0 q |
wonderful showing Of grains, grasses
nd vegetables. =
cat the Congress, Alberta got more
rizes and trophies, ten to one, than
ny, state of the Union" said Mr..
Iotchkiss to the Edmonton Bulletin
We. brought back all but the build.
1g with US, and they offered us that, S
aging we might as well take all that 4
as going. We would have brought d
along, too, if we had had a fat car d
} put it on. Alberta captured nearly b
first prizes, 20 seconds, thirds, 9 d
ups, 40 medals, so ribbons and 2 t
Heepstakes. The grand sweepstake
rize, for the best exhibit by state or f,
royince, a magnificent silver cup, d
as presented to US with much cere- c
-ony at reception to the Canadi; MS a
| the Empress hotel. The presenta- | h
on was made by Prof. Olin, chair s
an of the Judging committee, and h
lie cup was received on behalf of the !,
rovince by the Hon. Duncan Mar n
lal. :,