The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
WESTERN CANADA
CONTINUES TO WIN
The 1915 Yield of Grain Keeps
Western Canada to the Front.


east OF the British Columbia boundary
has kept Canada 10 the front with
prominence that In merited
The grain crop of the three prov
inces has now been harvested, and sui
fcient OF II has been threshed so that
Il is no longer a matter OF estimate as
10 the returns II is safe TO say that
the entire yield Of wheat will be up
wards OF 275,000.O00 bushels, and the
average yield we'll over 20 bushels per
acre In proportion 20 the aggregate
this is perhaps the largest yield ever
known on the continent.
Most Of this wheat will grade No !
northern. and better, and with pres
eht prices the condition Of the farm
er is to be envied Many individual
yields are reported and verified. ana
they are almost beyond belief, hni
they go TO show that under the care
ful system Of agriculture thar pro
ducod these yields Western Canada
would have far exceeded a 3OO.OoO,O0r
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 all parts Of
the 2fOO0 square miles Of territory in
which the growing OF wheat is car
ried on
Mr. Elmir Seller. a farmer south Of
Strassburg, Sask., has harvested 5465
bushels No. ! hard wheat from l6O
acres.
Jas A. Renner. near Davslaud, Al
berta. says his wheat went over 40
bushels 10 the acre, with an all round
crop OF % bushels TO the acre
J. N. Wagner. near the same place,
also lays claim to over 40 bushels Of
wheat per ncre.
Norwegian farmer, named 5
Tofthagen. not far from Daysland,
had 22 acres OF wheat which gave
yield Of ~ bushels TO the acre
Well. then. near Gleichen. Alberta,
d II. Engle Of Humboldt. Iowa. owns
a quarter section of land This land
was rented so that Mr. Engle should
receive oue.third OF the crop, and this
gave him s6i2 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 snring wheat near Leth
bridge averaged 60 bushels, another 80
and n third Sc bushels per acre. On
the Iail farm 81 Lethbridge % acres
OF MARQUIS wheat yielded 60 bushels to
the acre and weighed 67 pounds to the
bushel. A test lot Of ont acre Of Mar
duis wheat when threshed yielded 80
bushels and a 80 acre field averaged
so 1.3 bushels This farm had 20n
acres under crop to Marquis wheat
aud II is expected the average from
the whole will exceed 50 bushels
In all portions of Saskatchewan and
Manitoba. as we'll remarkahs yields
are reported, manv large fields show
ing averages of from 40 to 55 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 l northern from
200 acres and such instances will not
be isolated.
Considerable Of the wheat grown in
Western Canada is anding it's way to
the markets of the United States. not
withstanding the duty of ten cents
per bushel The miller in the Uuit~d
States finds Western Canadian wheat
necessary for the blending Of the high
class -four that Is demanded by some
millers Already near 4 hundred
thousand bushels Of the 1915 crop has
found it's way to the Minneapolis, On.
luth. St Louis and other markets
II was not in wheat alone that there
were extraordinary Yields A farmer
living south of Wadena. Sask.. har
vested 900 bushels of oats from ten
acres. s. A Tofthagen of Daysland
before referred to had oats which
yielded ITO bushels to the acre while
those of J n. Wagner went 80 bush
els to the acre
AS is pointed out by a Toronto pa
per Canada's great good fortune and
splendid service as the Granary of the |
Empire are revealed in the record |
harvest from her rich fields of wheat |
and other grains The foundation of |
its prosperity is solid and enduring.
While mines may be exhausted and |
lumber may disappear through im.
provident management, agriculture is
a perpetual source of wealth, increas
ing from year to year by the stimulus !
of individual industry and personal in
terest. A wheat harvest Of 1886 250 900
bushels from 100000 acres, an av-
erage yield of 26 bushels to the acre
The substantial nature of this growth
in production is shown by the fact
that the harvest returns are u per
cent greater than the average for the
past five years.
The same satisfactory and highly
important success has been attained
in other grain crops. The aggregate
yield OF oats is 481 .O35. 500 bushels
from the 1l,36500O acres under crop.
or this yield 3O5,6S0.OOO bushels arc
from the three Prairie Provinces.
These provinces also contribute 3O4,
100000 bushels of wheat The bar
ley harvest is 50,S68, 900 bushels from
1,509,350 acres. an average yield Of
1877 bushels per acre"
''The impression one gets in going
through Alberta, Saskatchewan and
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