Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-12-31
Nh ONE YEARS. CROP
f(Pl|D FOR HIS LAND
l1VEsTERN CANADA

,,,,sbls as are the reports "Gs. OF
S'a ~ If wheat in Western Canada
yt s.rSs ii of which is now '. under
ns saS are none the more interest.
1,I las' are those that at. are eve, vouc anea
y !, b farmers me of that country.
~ ,,onths ago the Department
s ,nterior. at Ottawa, Canada,
w - those in the United States
fN' .s y owners of land in Western
q y ~ that was not producing, ad-
W. t,st It be put under crop. The
Sps Vices of grain and their probable
.l r for some years should
,issn advantage of. Cattle and ali
' a.oirce of the farm commanded
r ssnres. and the opportunity to
~ 40 world was great, while the
\ a, were simply alarming. The
.,,ment suggested that money
e y he made out of the idle lands,
!. that could produce anywhere
!. N q to 65 bushels of wheat per
!, A number took advantage OF
|. y ,rggestion. One of these was an
s,,is farmer. He owned a large
-, , of land near Culross, Mani
4, He decided TO put one thousand
~. of il under wheat. His own
wv written to Mr.. G. ]. Broughton,
.,,dian Government Agent at Chi
40. IS interesting.
! had 1000 acres in wheat near
,In,s Manitoba. l threshed $4,000
,,tsls being an average of "a BUSH
\ n the acre. Last Spring | sold
:, fireman. Mr.. F. L. Hill, 240 acres
lsrd for $4,000, or $3.50 per acre.
!. had saved up about $1,000, which
|. nuld buy seed with, and have the
md narrowed, drilled and harvested,
nd nut in stock or shock.
As first payment l was to take
b the crops raised. When he
rgbed he had $500 bushels of
heat which is worth in all $1.00 per
ghe thereby paying for all the land
hi was in wheat and more, too, there
srg only 200 acres in crop. If the
h acres had all been in wheat he
ad have paid for it all and had
mey left"
That Is a story that will need no
rObOration in this year, when NO
alter which way you turn, you learn
farmers who had even higher yields
an these.
E. Davidson of Manitou, Manito-
had 36 acres of breaking and IA
res Of older land. He got 2,186 BUSH
Of wheat, over 40 bushels per
re.
Walter Tukner of Darlingford, Man.
ba, had 1914 bushels off a so acre
d, or over 581s bushels per acre.
ry acres was breaking and 20 acres
inner fallow.
Nm. Sharp. formerly Member of
rlament for Lisgar, Manitoba, had
acres of wheat on his farm near
ltOu, Manitoba, that went So BUSH
per acre.
me Of the most remarkable yields
this old settled portion of Manitoba
that of P. Scharf of Manitou, who
ashed from Is acres the phenom-
yield of 70 bushels per acre.
aeSe reports are but from one dis
t. and when it is known that from
lost any district in a grain belt
$1,000 square miles, yields while
as large generally as these quoted,
N many cases as good, is it any
der that Canada is holding it's
nigh in the air in it's conquering
Ter as the high wheat yielder of
continent? When it is pointed out
there are millions of acres of the
quality Of land that has pro-
70 these yields, yet unbroken, and
be had for filing upon them as a
eStead' or in some cases may be
lased at from $12 to $50 an acre
railway companies or private
companies. it is felt that the OPP
unity to take part in this marvel
production should be taken adj
age OF by those living on land
higher in price, and yielding
i'ely less.-Advertisement.