The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-05-26
WESTERN CANADA
COUNTING ITS GOLD
THE GRAIN CROP OF 1910 WAS A
GOOD PAYING ONE.

Crop conditions throughout the west
Of Canada were not ideal, but notwith-
standing there we're 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, +. Galloway's oat
crop threshed 80 bushels to the acre,
machine measure, and A bushels by
weight. Alex Robertson of Delisle,
Alta, had 20 bushels to the acre on
S75 acres. w. & H. Clark, II BUSH
els to the acre on II acres. Sheldon
Ramsey, 20 bushels on 100 acres.
j. Lane threshed $500 bushels off 200
acres; ]. Hamilton, $500 bushels of
264 acres. Mrs. Headley had an av-
erage of rs bushels per acre on 100
acres. Chambers Bros. got 1920
bushels off $50 acres.
Fertile Valley district, G. Rollo, had
an average of 25 bushels to the acre
on a total crop of 1000 bushels. Z.
Brown of Pincher Creek had a yield
of 33 bushels on his winter wheat;
w. Walker, Miss Walker and John
Goberts all had an average yield of
20 bushels; Mr.. Fitzpatrick, 23, and
Mr.. Freebairn, 20. Charles Nelson
of Bon Accord. Alberta, had thrcohed
his crop Of 5000 bushels of grain.
wheat, oats and barley, from 21O
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
100 bushels to the acre. Robert Mar
tin of Belbeck, Sask., from 100 acres
got $40 bushels Of wheat. Geo. A.
Campbell of Caron, Sask., from 1870
acres summer fallow got 40 bushels
per acre, and from so acres stubble
got "a bushels per acre. One of the
farmers of Colonsay threshed out &c
bushels of wheat per acre from $50
acres summer fallow, and another 80
bushels per acre. James Glen Of
Drinkwater, Sask., had 36A bushels
per acre; 40 acres summer fallow.
81 bushels per acre; 40 acres stubble,
II bushels per acre; total, $3.50
bushels off 200 acres. Abe Winters
of Fleming has SO bushels of wheat
per acre. At Govan, Benjamin Arm
strong had 33 bushels to the acre.
John Glumlin. "a bushels. Charles
Latta. 35 bushels. J. x. Taylor. 35
bushels. w. Small, 2,OGO bushels on
on II N1ONrO q COn h,ch@1o
on 213 acres. j. MacLean, 1900 BUSH
els on 63 acres. w. Hopwood, 1850
bushels on SO acres. w. Gray, $50
bushels on 80 acres. w. Curtin, $50
bushels on 81 acres. John Meyers.
Jr., Of Grand Coulec, reports 34A
Langham, Sask., has 80 1-3 bushels per
acre. j. j. Thiessen, 81 bushels per
acre. Chris Dear. % bushels per
acre from 30 acres. VIM. Thiessen.
1872 bushels from 100 acres. p. p.
Schultz, IS 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,
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 80 bush
els of wheat per acre. r. j.. Moore.
40 bushels of wheat per acre. Martin
Roddy, 50 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 50 bushels of wheat per acre. At
Regina H. w. Laird had IS bushels
to the acre; w. H. Duncan, wheat, %
bushels to the acre, flax, 16 bushels;
G.. NJ. Bell, wheat, So bushels to the
acre, oats, 70 bushels; 0. e. Rothwell,
% bushels to the acre; J. McKinnis,
wheat, 80 bushels summer fallow; 20
bushels stubble; oats, 80 bushels; ].
S. Mooney, 81 bushels of wheat; 80
bushels oats on stubble. At Tessies,
VIM. Nesbitt had Al bushels wheat to
the acre. Sep. Latrace, "a bushelA
Thos. Miller, 81 bushels. These we're
all on summer fallow. Major Bros
stubble went IA. At Tuxford, Sask.,
G.. B. Dunning had 81 bushels. James
Balm, Al bushels summer fallow. At
Yellow Grass, VIM. Robson, off one
half section, had As bushels wheat to
the acre. and 40 bushels off another
averaged 81 bushels to the acre. Geo.
Steer, off a twenty-acre field. threshed
half. NJ. A. Wilkinson. off 100 acres,
50 bushels wheat to the acre. His
whole crop averaged over 40. Jas.
A. r. Cameron's half section averaged
nI1or &c hllcholo 70 The ao.o u A.