The Tomahawk., 1915-12-23
WESTERN ChNADA'S
WONDERFUL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor-
dinariIy Heavy.


yields of thirty-tive to forty busnels
per acre, there is considerable mere
dulity, but when yields, in whole to"n'
ships extending into districts covering
three and four and five hundred square
miles in area, of upwards OF n1ty anu
some as high as sixty-hVe bushels per
acre are reported, one is led to put
his ear to the ground to listen for FUR
Their rumblings. The writer having
heard of these wonderful yields maze
trip through the provinces OF Mani
toba, Saskatchewan end Alberta' u
ascertain first hand their truthfulness.
It was remarkable tC discover tnat
Dame Rumor was no rumOrer after ALL
that modesty was her mantle, that
all that had been said of these y1elos
was true, and that yields OF over sew
enty bushels per acre were TOTO o.
These were so high that the truth1ui.
ness of the story was doubtful ana
very little was said OF them. Dut
such there were, and not in one IN
stance but in several, not in one TO-
cality but scattered In places hun
dreds of miles apart. Leaving tneso
out altogether, sthere were large areas
in which the average was over nifty
bushels per acre, which in all COM
mon sense ought to satisfy most peo-
pie. One hundred and thirty tnresn'
ers in Alberta have made their re-
turns to the local government as 70
ouired by an act of the Legislature
and the average of the wheat thresheo
was fifty-three bushels to the acre. 81
immense was the yield that othclal
veritication was required before giving
It out to the public. Sitting IN the
smoking compartment of day coacn'
where on passing through a farming
community, there may be gathered the
gossipy yarns of the neighbornoco'
one hears also lot OF news. JUST
now. the sole topic is that OF tEo
crops. A man with more or less OF
hirsute appendage, smock, CLONES
and hands giving the appearance OF
one working in the field, was asked
as to the crops. He had got on at
Warner. Alberta. Taking out his pipe'
lighting it and then crossing his Knees
holding his chin In his hands. pos
sessing an air of supreme content
ment. and with an Intelligent face, ne
looked the man who could give some
information. And he was just the
man. He was thresher and on MS
way to Milk River to secure some
more help. He was requls1tloneo 1or
information. Yes, good season.
I've made a lot of money. AS for
Yields. let's see,' and then he began
to string them off. Peterson had IS
bushels of wheat per acre on his hve
hundred acre farm; from $50 acres
Roland got 65 bushels per acre; Bu'
g,er had one hundred and ten acres
that went GO bushels; Carr had IS
bushels per acre off an eight hundred
acre field" And he gave others run
ming from So to 66 bushels per acre.
All these people lived east OF war
ner. Alberta. Looking out of the "7in'
dow and seeing immense fields, still
covered with stocks he was asked
whv they were not threshed, he re-
plied that there were not enough
rigs" in the district, and that they
would not get through before Christ
mas.
An American writing of trip he
made through Western Canada says:
st went as far west as Saskatoon.
back to Regina, Moose Jaw, and down
on the 500 line, and l must say that
I never saw such crops, or ever heard
of anything to compare with it in
any country on earth. The country
is over the hill, and certainly the farm
ers have lot to be thankful for.
There are very few of them that
have done their work and done it
properly but what have their debts
paid and have bank accounts left
And he only travelled the skirt Of
the country. The same story could
be written of any part of any Ut
three Provinces.-Adverti
hin Success