Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-21
ALBERTA ||:'I' ! 4 CROP YIELDS (

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At Macleod. Alta, weather condi-
tons were excellent all through the
season. Ninety per cent. OF the wheat
up to Oct. LIST graded No. /, the only,
No. 2 / being fall wheat. The yield
ranged from 20 to 40 bushels per acre,
with an average Of 20. Oats yielded
well, and barley about go bushels. AZ N
Inverary is q new district in ALDER
ia. Here wheat graded No. i 2 and
some Of it went SO bushels to the acre.
oats going about Is bushels. sz 3
Lethbridge correspondent says: I'm
the Monarch district the yield on sum-.
mer fallow is averaging thirty-five
bushels, a large percentage NO. I,
northern" 3.s t3$ss5 5sl
All spring grains are yielding bet.i
ter than expected in the Milk; river
district. south. A 800 acre field OF
MARQUIS wheat gave 411a bushels.
Experimental farm results on grain
sown on irrigated land place Red Fife.
wheat In the banner position, with !
yield Of 59,40 bushels per acre. Oats
yielded 1872 bushels to the acre.
John Turner Of Lethbridge grew
barley that went 60 bushels to the
acre. SS5 81 b. ,,s 555 N 81 &
Red Fife averages in weight from.
50 70 GO pounds. and at Rosthern the!
Marquis wheat will run as high as 81
pounds to the bushel. while a sample
Of Marquis wheat at Arcola weighed
no less than 68 pounds to the bushel.
This variety is grading No. !, hard ST 4,
Calgary, Alta, Oct. 8. The prob
lem of handling Alberta's big grain
crop is becoming serious one. and
there IL q congestion at many points
In southern Alberta. One thousand
cars could be used Immediately. The:
g. p. r prepared for q normal year:
Ehile the yield Of grain was every
where abnormal, with an Increased,
acreage Of about 20 per cent 5ga
u Moose Jaw, Sask., returns show
some remarkable yields. llss5 :;S
Bassano, Alta, Sept. rs, '13-1ndf.s
svidual record crops grown In Alberta.
include 1900 acre field Of spring wheat
grown near kBassano which. went thir.=
ty-f1ve bushels to: the acre, and weigh
ed sixty-six pounds to the bushely
Noble. Alta, Oct. 1, 10. All records!
for the largest shipment, Of grain by
one farmer will be broken this year.
II the estimate Of G. 8. Noble Of Noble,
Alberta, proves correct. Mr. Noble
has notified the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way here that he will have 350. 900
bushels Of grain, chiefly barley and
oats. ready for shipment very short
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s. L. Anderson Smith, writing to 81
friend in the Old Country. located It
Killam. Alberta, Says: y
Anyone taking up land will lind AZ;
,berta ansideal province. The soil II 3
rich black loan. varying from 6 to H.
inches In depth. The land here in,
this district II not wholly open prairie.
At intervals, sometimes closely, some
times widely scattered, there are
small plots Of poplar and willows. &
These generally grow round some
small depression in the land, and the \
snow drifts here In the winter and
melts In the spring filling these:
sloughs (province : slews") with soft
water. Nearly all these sloughs have
old buffalo tracks to them, for It was
from them that they always got their
water. The poplars are very useful
for building barns and hen.houses.
Wild grasses are plentiful, while tame
grasses. such as timothy, bronze and 4
.westernsrye grass do remarkably well.
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