Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-11-25
WESTERN CANADA
CONTINUES TO WIN
The 1915 Yield Of Grain Keeps
Western Canada to the Front.

efSu ~ thS bldin Hleius vi NhC NV
inces OF Manitoba, Saskatchewan AT
Alberta, the three provinces that com
prise that portion of Western Canad'
east Of the British Columbia boundary
has kept Canada TO the front with
prominence that is merited.
The grain crop of the three prov
inces has now been harvested. and sui
ficient Of it has been threshed 5 tina
1t is no longer a matter of estimate a:
to the returns. Ii is safe TO say tina
the entire yield of wheat will be up
wards of 5000. 900 bushels, and The
average yield well owe IS bushels pei
acre. In proportion to the aggregate
this is perhaps the largest yield eveI
known on the continent.
Most OF this wheat will grade No.
northern, and better, and with pres
ent prices the condition Of the farm
er is to be envied. Many individual
yields are reported. and verified. and
they are almost beyond belief, nu,
they go to show that under the care
ful system Of agriculture that pro
duced these yields Western Canada
would have far exceeded a 800, 000, 900
production Of wheat in 1915 had the
system been universal.
II was not in one or two districts
that big yields have been made known
The reports come from ali parts OF
the $4,000 square miles of territory in
which the growing OF wheat is car.
ried on.
MIR. Elmir Seller, a farmer south CT
S~trassburg, Sask., has harvested 5,46'
bushels No. ! hard wheat from 100
acres
Jas. A. Benrer, lear Daysland, AL
berta, says his wheat went over 40
bushels TO the acre, with an all round
crop OF SO bushels to the acre.
J.. \. Wagner. near the same place,
also lays claim TO over 10 bushels OF
wheat per acre.
A Norwegian farmer, named S. A
Tofthagen. not far from Daysland,
had 23 acres of wheat which gave a
yield of a. bushels TO the acre.
Well. then, near Gleichen. Alberta.
D. H. Engle OF Humboldt, Iowa. owns
a quarter section of land. This land
was rented so that Mr.. Engle should
receive one-third of the crop, and this
gave him s6l2.65. his net rental for
the crop. and there was only SO acres
in crop.
Scores OF reports give yields fully
as large as those given above A
large field of spring wheat near Leth.
bridge averaged 60 bushels, another SO
and a third Sc bushels per acre. On
the Jail farm at Lethbridge 25 acres
of Marquis wheat yielded 60 bushels TO
the acre and weighed G. pounds TO the
bushel a test lot Of one acre Of Mar.
quis wheat when threshed yielded SO
bushels and a so acre field averaged
90 Is bushels. This farm had 200
acres under crop to Marquis wheat
and il is expected the average from
the whole will exceed so bushels.
In all portions of Saskatchewan and
Manitoba, as well. remarkable yields
are reported. many large fields show
ing averages of from 40 to So bushels
per acre.
When the story of this years thresh.
ing is completed some extraordinary
yields will be heard of. One farmer
west of Unity. Saskatchewan, threshed
10000 bushels of No. ] northern from
200 acres and such instances will not
be isolated.
Considerable OF the wheat grown In
Western Canada is finding its way to
the markets OF the United States, not
withstanding the duty of ten cents
per bushel. The miller in the United
States finds Western Canadian wheat
necessary for the blending of the high
-four that is demanded by some
millers. Already nearly a hundred
thousand bushels OF the 1915 crop has
found its way TO the Minneapolis. Du.
Iuth, St. Louis and other markets.
1t was rot in wheat alone that there
we're extraordinary yields. A farmer
living south of Wadena. Sask.. har.
800 bushels of oats from ten
.cres. S. A. T~ofthagen of D~aysland
before referred to had oats which
10 bushels to the acre. while
hose OF ]. y. Wagner went 80 bush.
lis to the acre.
AS is pointed out by a Toronto pa.
ger Canada's great good fortune and
plendid service as the Granary Of the
Empire are revealed in the record
Iaryest from her rich fields OF wheat
nd other grains. The foundation OF
Is prosperity is solid and enduring.
While mines may be exhausted and
lumber may disappear through i'm.
royident management. agriculture is
perpetual sourc of wealth, increas-
lg from year to year by the stimulus
( individual industry and personal in.
crest. A wheat harvest OF 336,250,000
ushels from $4,000. 900 acres. an av.
rage yield of 20 bushels to the acre.
he substantial nature of this growth
! production is shown by the fact
lat the harvest returns are ~ per
ent greater than the average for the
asst FIVE years.
The same satisfactory and highly
nportant success has been attained
other grain crops. The aggregate
Ield OF pats is 4S1 .035, 500 bushels
ON the II, 1865. 900 acres under crop.
( this yield 305. $4,000 bushels are
ON the three Prairie Provinces. 1
hese provinces also contribute 304..
Y. 900 bushels OF wheat. The bar. ,
y harvest is 5O.86s, 900 bushels from q,
5O9.350 acres. an average yield OF I
II bushels per acre"
THE impression n gets in going
rough Alberta. Saskatchewan and
anitoba," said a traveie from the n
asst. lis that all the horses and teams
ID all the threshing machines en-. VI
Iged make no impression on the I,
ops, and that 1t will take six months
thresh the grain out: but two