The Ordway new era., 1915-12-17
WESTERN CANADA'S
WONDERFUL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor.
dinarily Heavy.

When one hears of Individual wheat
yields of thirty-fve 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 ilfty ana
some as high as siXt y-iiyc bushels per
acre are reported, one is led to put
his ear to the ground to listen for fur
thcr rumbiiugs. Til" writer having
heard OF these wonderful yields made
trip through the provinces OF Mani
toba saskatchewan and Alberta, TO
ascertain first hand their iruthfu!ness.
II was remarkable to discover ihnt
Dame EumOr was no rumOr"r att"i all,
that mudcS,y was her mantle, that
all that had been sail Of these Yields
Was true, and that yields of over scv.
| enty bushels per acr's w"r" told Of
These were SO high that tn" trnihl"l
ness of the story Was doubtful hnh
very little was said of them. iiut
| such there were, and not in one in
stance. but in several, not in one 10
cality but scattered in places hGh
drcds of miles apart Leaving thrS'
| out altOl ether. there w"r" large areas
| IN which the nveraG" was over MY
| bushels per acre, which i'll all com
| mon sense ought to satisfy most p'n-
pie. One hundred and thirty thr"Sh-
| ers in Alberta have mad" their re-
turns to the local government as re-
ouircd by an act of the Legislature,
h,, ri,ap thI,aSllrI
was fifty-thrcc bushels to the acre so
| immense was the yield that onc!ai
vcrifcatiun was required before giving
it out to the public. Sitting III Tie
smoking compartment of day COACH
where on passing through farming
| community. there may be gathered the
| gossiDy yarns of the nciShDo:hoou'
| one hears also n lot of news. Just
now. the sole topic is that or 'hc
crops. a man with more or less Oh
a hirsute appendag". "mock, 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 it and then crossing ms Knees
holding his chin in his hands. pos
sessing an air of supreme content
ment. and with all intelligent face, he
looked the man who could give some
information. And he was just the
man. lie was a threshcr and on MS
way to Milk River to secure some
more help. He was rcCuisitioned lor
information. Yes. sood season,
I've made lot of money. AS ior
yields, let's see." and then he began
to string them off. Peterson had ''
I bushels OF wheat per acre on his hVc
hundred acre farm; from $50 acros
Roland got G5 bushels per acre; ''u-
sler had one hundred and ten acres
that went 63 bushels; Carr had 10
bushels Der acre off an eight hundred
aero field And he gave others run
ming from IS S'to "G bushels per acre
All these people livcl east of War
uer. Alberta. Looking out of the WIN
dow and seeing imm"ns" fields, still
covered with stocks he Was asked
| why they were not thr"shcd, h" re-
piled that there were not enough
rigs" in the district. and that tti"y
would not get through before Chr'*''
| mas.
An American writing of a h:p IL"
made through Western taEaGa says:
| Il went as Jar west as Saskatoon.
back to Regina. Moose Jaw. and down
on the 500 limc. ana | must say that
never saw such crops, or ever heard
of anything to compare with It IN
any country OH Garth. The country
is over the hill, and certainly h" farm
ers have lot to be Thankful for.
| There arc very few of them that
| hav" dome their work and don" It
properly but what hav" their d"b,S
paid and have bank accounts lett
And h. only travelled the skirt Of
the country. Tho sauc STORY c0uid
be written of any part OF any or
three advertisement.