The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-11-21
e0oD YEAR
N WESTERN CANADA
MANITOBA. sAoKATcHGWAN AND
ALBERTA HAVE 9PlEN0i0
CROPS.

throughout Western Canada shows .
more wonderful yield than usual Of
wheat, oats, barley and fax, all OF
which was harvested and threshed In
perfect order. Not. only was the av.
erage yield excellent Owe the entire
country, but the quality was of the
highest standard. Without going into
figures. It 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 IS pounds to
the measured bushel. Oats were very
heavy, running from nifty to n hun.
dred and fifteen bushels to the acre.
Barley also was q very heavy yielder
and kept up the reputation Of Western
Canada az q producer Of that cereal.
In many parts Of the country the yield
Of fax exceeded the earlier expecta-
tions, but in other parts, there was
some loss on account Of winds blow.
ing on the boil. Hundreds Of farm
ers who have only been in the country
three or four years, with but little
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 q man in the Battleford district
that is worth repeating. He went to.
the district seven or eight years ago.
with no money, worked for a time, got
q team of horses, did some freighting.
and hOmesteaded q quarter section OF
land. He now owns 48O acres of land,
clear of all membranes, and has
wheat, oats, barley and hay, as we'll
as a good number Of horses, cattle and
hogs, feeding rough grain to the stock.
He is a firm believer in mixed farming.
The fifty dollars that he first earned
In the country has now increased to
$4,000. He has never had a crop
failure. Instances Of this kind could
be repeated over and over again.
There is q Dane, named Key, east
Of Saskatoon, whose oats this year
went 10 bushels to the acre, and his
wheat 40 bushels. He has paid OF
the mortgage on his farm, and now
contemplates a trip to Denmark, to
visit his old home. He has no more
cares or worries, but is anxious to
have more Of his people settle in that
part. 1t is not only the farmer with
limited means and small area of land
who Is doing well, and has done won
derfully In Western Canada this year.
but the man with means, the man who
Is able to conduct successful farming
on q large scale and many opportuni-
ties offer for such In Western Canada.
also has increased his bank account
A farmer in Southern
Alberta raised $685. 900 bushels of grain
In 1913, and made almost q fortune
out OF It. In Saskatchewan and in
Manitoba Is to be heard the same
story of what has been done by the
working a large area, which
he is able to do successfully. by the.
use Of improved farm machinery. en-.
him to cut hundreds Of acres
q day, and pillow 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 400. 900 settlers
arrived In Canada, the greater mum.
Der Of whom went to the farm. There
are still many thousands Of home.
steads still available. capable OF pro-
such crops and maintaining
such herds as has made rich men out
Of the thousands whose experiences
could be reproduced were It neces.
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