The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-11-18
WESTERN CANADA
CONTINUES TO WIN
The 1915 Yield of Grain Keeps
Western Canada to the Front.

Alberta, the three provinces that COM
prise that portion of Western Canada
east of the British Columbia boundary
has kept Canada to the front with a
prominence that is merited.
The grain crop of the three prov
inces has now been harvested. and suf-
ficient of it has been threshed so that
1t is no longer a matter of estimate as
to the returns. 1t is safe to say that
the entire yield of wheat will be up
wards of 275,000,00 bushels. and the
average yield we'll over % bushels per
acre. In proportion to the aggregate
this is perhaps the largest yield ever
known on the continent.
Most of this wheat will grade No. 1
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. but
they go to show that under the care
full system of agriculture that pro
duced these yields Western Canada
would have far exceeded a 100000, 900
production of wheat in 1915 had the
system been universal
1t was not in one or two districts
that big yields have been made known.
The reports come from all parts of
the $4,000 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 5.465
bushels No l hard wheat from 100
acres.
Jas. A. Benner. near Daysland. AL
berta, says his wheat went over 40
bushels to the acre, with an all round
crop of 33 bushels to the acre.
j. N. Wagner, near the same place
also lays claim to over 40 bushels of
wheat per acre.
Norwegian farmer, named s. A
Tofthagen, not far from Daysland,
had % acres of wheat which gave a
yield of AZ 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 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 50
and third Sc bushels per acre. On
the Jail farm at Lethbridge % acres
of Marquis wheat yielded 60 bushels to
the acre and weighed 81 pounds to the
bushel. A test lot OF one acre of Mar
quis wheat when threshed yielded 90
bushels and n 80 acre field averaged
60 1-3 bushels. This farm had 200
acres under crop to Marquis wheat
and it 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 80 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 i'm the United
States finds Western Canadian wheat
necessary for the blending Of the high
class -four that is demanded by some
millers. Already near hundred
thousand bushels of the 1915 crop has
found its way to the Minneapolis, Du-
luth, ST. Louis and other markets.
1t 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 40 bushels to the acre. while
those of ]. N Wagner went 90 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 i'm
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 $3.50 900
bushels from 1900 900 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 70 per
cent greater than the average for the
past five years.
The same satisfactory and highly
important success has been attained
I'm other grain crops The aggregate
yield OF oats is 81,O35.50O bushels
from the 1l.365,0OO acres under crop
or this yield 3O5 $4,000 bushels are
from the three Prairie Provinces
These provinces also contribute 3O4.
100000 bushels of wheat The bar
ley harvest is 5O,SG8 900 bushels from
1909 $50 acres. an average yield OF
1877 bushels per acre"
The impression one gets in going
through Alberta Saskatchewan and