The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
Western CANADAs
'WONDERFuL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor-.
l dinari|y Heavy.

N uutotuy v~$vSs ~
-- = " 80 ".
when one hears Of individual wheat
v,alds Of thirty-five TO forty bushels
per acre, there is considerable mere 7
dulity. but when yields. In whole town.
shins extending into districts covering
three and four and Ave hupdred square
miles in area, OF upwards OF nfty ana
come a. high as sixty-five bushels per
.cra are reported, one Il led 20 pal
b,s ear 10 the ground to listen tor fnr-
sher' rumblinss.v The writer having
heard of these wonderful, Yields maoe'
Z trip through the provinces ~ MAnl
,toba. saskatche wan and ALBERTA 20
ascertain first hand their trutnfuiness.
r was remarkable to discover that
mama Rumor was no rumorer after all.
FRAT modesty was her mantle. that
ali that had been said OF these Yields
was true. and that yields Of over sew
enty bushels per acre were toto or
| These were so high that the uuSetu,.
ness OF the story was doubefui ana
verv little was said Of them. But
.uch there were. and not IN one ~.
stance. but in several. not IN one To-
caIity but scattered in places nun.
dreds OF miles apart. Leaving these
out altogether. there were large areas
In which the average was ovci nIty
bushels per acre. which N all conn
mon sense ought to satisfy most boo
nle. One hundred and thirty thresn''
ers IN Alberta have made their re-
turns to the local government . re-
ouired by an act of the LegiSlHtpre',
and the average OF the wheat thresned
was fifty.three bushels TO the acse. 80
immense was the yield that ome'al
yerification was required before g1v!ns
q out to the public. Sitting u the
. smoking compartment OF . day coach.
where on passing through farming
community. there may be gathered the
rossipy warns Of the neighborhood.
one hears also a lot Of newA just
now, the sole topic is that soasaIne
crops. A man with more or less Oh
+ q hirsute appendage. smock, clothes
and. hands giving the appearance O.
one working in the neld. was asked
}. as IN the crops. He had got on 81
Q warner. Alberta. Taxing out his pipe
) lighting II and then crossing his knees
y holding his chin In his hands. pos
sessing an air of supreme conten'
ment. and with an Intelligent face' n'
looked the man who could give SOM
70 information. And he was Just tn
n man. He was q thtesher and on n'
!, = @oss tserb Ire p was waf fhediisfiioncd 70
q Information. Yes. good season
n I've made lot of money. AS 70
YIELDS let's sce." and then he begal
I. to string them or Peterson had 6
!. bushels Of wheat per acre on his fiv,
\ hundred acre farm: from $50 acre
q Roland got 65 bushels per acre; Blu
:. gler had one hundred and ten acre.
= that went 63 bushels: Carr had g.
+ bushels per acre of an eight hundred
l. acre field" And he gave othere run
ming from IS to c6 bushels per acre
All these people lived east OF War
ner, Alberta. Looking out OF the win
a dow and seeing immense fields, still
, covered with otocks he was asked
I. why they were not threshed, he re
, piled that there were not enough
1 rigs" in the district. and thatS the,
!. would not get through before Christ
mas.
., An American writing OF trip he
, made through Western Canada says:
! Il went as far west as Saskatoon
|, back to Regina. Moose Jaw. and down
! on the 500 line. and must say that
tnever saw such crops. or evcr heard
j OF anything to compare with It in
any country on earth. The country
isover 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 II
, properly but what have their debts
Dafd 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 Of
three Provinces. - -Advertinement.