The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-10
Excellent GRAIN
FIELDS IN WESTERN
CANADA
YIELDS OF WHEAT AS HIGH AS
81 BUSHELS PER ACRE.

10 look back over the past one. for
the purpose OF ascertaining what has
been done. The business man and
the farmer have taken stock, and
both. IL they are keen in business de-
tail and interest. know exactly their
financial position. The farmer or
Western Canada Is generally busi-
ness man. and in his stocktaking he
will have found that he has had a
successful year. On looking over
number OF reports sent from various
quarters, the writer finds that in spite
OF the visitation of drouth in a small
portion OF Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba. many farmers are able TO
report splendid crops. And these re-
ports come from different sections.
covering an area OF about $4,000
square miles. AS. for instance. at
Laird, Saskatchewan. the crop returns
showed that J. B. Peters had 1880
bushels from 800 acres. or nearly 40
bushels to the acre. In the Blaine
Lake district the fields ranged from
j. to 80 bushels per acre, Ben Crews
having 1850 bushels from "A acres:
Edmond Trotter 200 bushels off 80
acres, while fields Of 80 bushels were
common. On poorly cultivated fields
but - bushels were reported.
In Foam Lake (Sask) district 100
bushels of oats TO the acre were Sc
cured by Angus Robertson. ID. McRae
and c. II. Hart. while the average
was IS. In wheat 80 bushels 10 the
acre were quite common on the newer
land. but off 10 acres OF land Guilt
waited for the past three years George
+. Wood secured 495 bushels. Mr..
James Traynor. near Regina CSaskD
is still on the shady side OF thirty
lie had $4,000 bushels OF grain last
year. half OF which was wheat. Its
market value was $4,000. lie says
he is we'll satisfied.
Arthur Somers OF Strathclair
threshed 100 acres. averaging p bush
els TO the acre. Thomas Foreman, or
Milestone. threshed IL 600 bushels of
wheat. and 5000 bushels of fax of
coo acres OF land. w. Weatherstone.
OF Strathclalr, threshed 5000 bushels
of oats from IS acres. John Con
zilla. OF Gillies, about twenty-five miles
west Of Rosthern, Sask., had $50 bush
els from acres of wheat. Mr.. Con
elias general average OF crop was
over 40 bushels TO the acre. Ben
Cruise, ncighbCr. averaged 40 bush
els to the acre from % acres. W A.
Rose. OF the Walderheim district,
threshed 5000 bushels of wheat from
I 240 acres, an average of p bushels.
7 100 acres was on summer fallow and
\ averaged 80 bushels. lie had also an
\ average OF CO bushels OF oats 20 the
I acre on 5O-acre field. VIM. Lehman.
I who has a farm close TO Rosthern,
had an average OF - bushels 70 the
ncre on So acres of summer fallow
Mr.. Midsky. Of Rapid City (ManO
7 threshed 600 bushels of oats from
\ Z acres.
The yield OF the different varieties
OF wheat per acre at the Experimental
Farm Brandon. was: Red Fife, %
bushels; White Fife, "a bushels; Pres
ton. 90 bushels: early Red Fife q
bushels.
The crops at the c. =. r. demonstra-
ton farms at Strathmore (Alberta)
proved up to expectations. the Swedish
variety oats yielding 10 bushels 10
the acre At the farm two rowed bar
ley went 4si5 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). But
last year was uncommonly good and
the hundred mark was passed. VIM
Craig had a yield Of oats from n meas
urcd plot which gave 107 bushels and
20 lbs per acre.
Albert Teskey. OF Odds tAlbertal
threshed l00-acre field which Yielded
1Ol bushels OF oats per acre, and Jo'
seph Mccartney had a large field
equally good. AT Cupar tSask) oats
threshed so bushels TO the acre. ON
the Traquairs farm at Cupar. a five
acre plot OF Marquis wheat yielded %
bushels TO the acre, while Laurence
Barknel had 81 bushels OF Red Fife "a
the acre. At Wordsworth. Reede.
Bros wheat averaged 33L bushels tC
the acre, and w. McMillan's 80. VII
liam Kraft OF Alix tAlberta) thresheC
1,O42 bushels of winter wheat of l9Al
acres. or about 50 bushels to the acre
John Laycroft of Dinton, near Higl
, River Alberta. had over 1,l0O bush
els Of spring wheat from so acres.
+. +. Knipe. near Lloydminster
! Saskatchewan. had 500 bushels o
!. wheat from 20 acres. w. Metcalf ha'
over 81 bushels to the acre. while $
, Henderson. who was hailed badly
! had an average return OF 50 bushels 0
wheat 20 the acre.
McWhirter Bros and John McBair
{, Of Redvers, Saskatchewan. had ,
, bushels Of wheat 70 the acre. job
n Kennedy. cast OF the Horse Mill
Z district near Edmonton, from 4
q acres cf spring wheat got 1897 busl
= els. or "a bushels to the acre.
i J. Il. Vanderburgh, near Dayslov
!, Alberta, threshed four thousand busl