The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-11-25
ANOTHER GOOD YEAR
IN WESTERN CANADA
MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN AND
ALBERTA HAVE SPLENDID
CROPS.

throughout Western Canada shows a
more wonderful yield than usual OF
wheat, oats. barley and flax, all of
which was harvested aud threshed Ia
perfect order. Not only was the av
erage yield excellent over the entire
country, but the quality was OF the
highest standard. Without going into
figures, II Is sufficient TO say that
wheat graded almost universally very
near the top. Reports are to hand
showing yields OF wheat from many
fields which averaged forty bushels
per acre, and weighing 65 pounds TO
the measured bushcl. Oats were very
heavy, running from fifty TO one hun.
dred and fifteen bushels TO the acre.
Barley also was n very heavy yielder
and kept up the reputation OF Western
Canada az "A producer OF that cereal
In many parts OF the country the yield
OF fax exceeded the earlier expecta.
tons. but In other parts, there was
some loss on account OF winds blow.
ing OF the boil. Hundreds of farm.
ers who have only been In the country
y vi l'Hl H'dlNs WIN bhA ilANlF
means when they arrived, will. out of
the crop OF this year. clean up all their
indebtedness, and be able to put some.
thing aside for further improvements
on their farms and homes which are
now freed OF incumbrance. The writ.
er has just heard OF the experience
OF "a man In the Battleford district
that ~ worth repeating. lie went TO
the district seven or eight years ago,
with no money. worked for a time. got
q team OF horses, did some froighting
and homcsteaded a quarter section OF
land. Tie nov owns $50 acres OF land,
clear Of all incumbrances, and has
wheat. oats. barley and hay. ne well
as n good number Of horses. cattle and
hogs, feeding rough grain to the stock.
lie Ia a firm believer In mixed farming
The fifty dollars that he first earned
In the country has now increased TO
S25 1000. He has never had n crop
failure. Instances OF .Iis kind could
be repeated over and over again.
There Is n Dane. named Key. east
OF Saskatoon. whose oats this year
went 40 bushels 10 the acre. and his
wheat 80 bushels. lie has paid OF
the mortgage on his farm. and now
contemplates a trip. TO Denmark, TO
visit his old home. lie has no more
cares or worries, but Is anxious 10
have more Of his people settle In that
part. II Is not only the farmer with
limited means ana small area o; land
who Is doing Well. and has done won.
derfuliy In Western Canada this year.
but the man with means, the man who
Is able 10 conduct successful farming
on q large scale and many opportuni.
ties offer for such In Western Canada,
also has increased his bank accoun,
handsomely. 4 farmer In Southern
Alberta raised $50. 900 bushels of grain
In 1913. and made almost a fortune
out of II. In Saskatchewan and In
Manitoba Is 10 be heard the same
story Of what has been done by the
farmer working a large area, which
he IL able To do successfully. by the
use OF improved farm machinery. en-.
abling him To cut hundreds OF acres
"a day. and plow the land Immediately
with large traction outfits. No better
recommendation could be given the
country than the fact that during the
past year, upwards OF 100000 settlers
arrived In Canada, the greater nun.
Der of whom Wen, 10 the farm, There
are still many thousands OF home
steads still available. capable Of pro.
dGcing such crops and maintaining
such herds as has made rich men out
OF the thousands whose experiences
could be reproduced were II neces-
sary.--Advertisement.