Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-15
WESTERN CANADA'S
WONDERFUL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor.
dinariIy Heavy.

when one hears Of individual wheat
yields of thirty.iive to forty bushels
per acre. there is considerable incre.
dulity. but when yields In whole town.
ships extending into districts covering
three and four and five hundred square
miles in area. OF upwards OF fifty and
some as high as sixty-fve bushels per
acre are reported. one is led to put
his ear to the ground TO listen for fur.
ther rumblings The writer having
heard OF these wonderful yields made
a trip through the provinces of Mani.
toba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, to
ascertain first hand their truthfulness.
II was remarkable to discover that
Dame Rumor was no rumorer after all,
that modesty was her mantle. that
all that had been said OF these yields
was true. and that yields of over sew.
enty bushels per acre were told OF.
These were so high that the truthful
ness OF the story was doubtful and
very little was said Of them. But
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 these
out altogether. there were large areas
in which the average was over fifty
bushels per acre. which in all com.
mon sense ought to satisfy most peo-
pie. One hundred and thirty thresh.
ers In Alberta have made their re.
turns to the local government as re-
quired by an act of the Legislature.
and the average of the wheat thresred
was fifty-three bushels TO the acre. So
immense was the yield that official
yeriiication was required before giving
It out to the public. Sitting in the
smoking compartment of a day coach,
where on passing through farming
community. there may be gathered the
gossipy yarns of the neighborhOod,
one hears also lot of news. Just
now. the sole topic is that of the
crops. man with more or less OF
a hirsute appendage. smock. clothes
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 II and 'hen crossing his knees,
holding his chin in his hands. pos.
sessing an air of supreme content
ment. and with an intelligent face. he
looked the man who could give some
information. And he was just the
man. He was thresher and on his
way TO MIN River TO secure some
more help. lie was requisitoned Tor
Information. Yes. a good season.
I've made lot of money As for
yields. let's see and then he began
10 string them on Peterson had 90
bushels of wheat per acre or his five
hundred acre farm; from $50 acres
Roland got G5 bushels per acre: Bu.
gIer had one hundred and ten acres
that went G} bushels. Carr had 65
bushels per acre of an eight hundred
acre field. And he gave others run
ming from IS 20 &c bushels per acre.
All these people lived east of War.
ner. Alberta. Looking out Of the win.
dow and seeing immense fields, still
covered with stocks he was asked
why they were not threshed. he re.
/ piled that there were not enough
rigs in the district, and that they
would not get through before Christ.
mas.
I An American writing Of trip he
made through Western Canada says.
, Il went as far west as Saskatoon.
back to Regina, .doose Jaw. and down
/ on the 500 line. and | must say that
{ ! never saw such crops. or ever heard
h anything to compare with It in
/ any country ON earth. The country
/ Is oyer the hill and certainly the farm.
/ ers have lot TO bee thankful for.
/ There ara very few OF them that
have done their work and done II
/ 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 Of
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