The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-12-16
WESTERN CANADkS
WONDERFUL YIELD
heat Yields Reports Extraor-
dinariIy Heavy.

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bids of thirty-five to forty bushels
\ acre. there is considerable mere
,lity, but when yields. in whole town
lbs extending into districts covering
lee and four and five hundred square
lies in area, of upwards of fifty and
|hne as high as sixty-tive bushels per
he are reported. one is led to put
ear to the ground to listen for fur
M rumblings. The writer having
lard of these wonderful yields made
"Trip through the provinces OF Mani
Ia. Saskatchewan and Alberta, to
'eertain fret hand their truthfulness.
was remarkable to discover that
kme Rumor was no rumorer after all,
m modesty was her mantle, that
\ that had been said of these yields
rs true, and that yields of over sew
" bushels per acre were told of.
Nese were so high that the truthful
La OF the story was doubtful and
Nv little was said of them. But
Isl there were, and not In one in
nee. but in several, not in one 10
Iity but scattered in places hun
Ids of miles apart. Leaving these
altogether. there were large areas
which the average was over fifty
9sheis per acre, which in all COM
N n sense ought to satisfy most peo-
~ One hundred and thirty thresh-
"a in Alberta have made their re-
his to the local government as re-
red by an act of the Legislature.
"A the average of the wheat threshed
fifty-three bushels to the acre. So
x mense was the yield that official
ification was required before giving
but to the public. Sitting in the
\. Ioking compartment of day coach,
Y .ere on passing through farming
immunity, there may be gathered the
Ssipy yarns of the neighborhood,
6 hears also a lot OF news. Just
the sole topic is that Of the
ps. A man with more or less Of
kirsute appendage, smock, clothes
|AH hands giving the appearance OF
IN working in the field, was asked
no the crops. He had got on at
N Srner. Alberta. Taking out his pipe,
IN ting II and then crossing his knees,
hing his chin in his hands. pos
:. sing an air of supreme content
r hi and with an intelligent face, he
S ked the man who could give some
rmation. And he was Just the
He was thresher and on his
", to Milk River to secure some
Ne help. He was requisitioned for
NJ rmation. Yes, a sood season,
' made q lot of money. AS for
I, Ids. let's see," and then he began
string them off. Peterson had 63
s hels Of wheat per acre on his five
+ sldred acre farm; from $50 acres
Is and got 65 bushels per acre; Blu
&| had one hundred and ten acres
.S went 63 bushels; Carr had 65
aNa hels per acre off an eight hundred
field" And he gave others run
from 58 to 66 bushels per acre.
these people lived east of War
Alberta. Looking out of the win
I1& and seeing immense fields, still
bred with stocks he was asked
they were not threshed, he re-
that there were not enough
= in the district, and that they
IA not get through before Christ
"a American writing Of a trip he
,|e through Western Canada says:
bent as far west as Saskatoon.
IN to Regina, Moose Jaw, and down
he 500 line, and I must say that
Der saw such crops, or ever heard
nything to compare with it In
country on earth. The country
Ter the hill, and certainly the farm
have a lot to be thankful for.
he are very few Of them that
done their work and done II
Nerly but what have their debts
and have bank accounts left
b he only travelled the skirt OF
eountry. The same story could
Fritten of any part of any OF
Observation-Disclosures.