The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-16
WESTEaN ClllA0l'S
WONDERFUL YIELD
wheat Yields Reperts extraer.
dinariiy Heavy.

When one hears OF individual wheat
yields of thirty-five to forty bushels
~ acre. there u considerable incss-
6Hlity. but when yields. In whole town
ships extending into districts covering
three and four and five hundred square
niles in area, OF upwards OF fifty and
some as high as sixty five bushels per
acre are reported, one 10 led TO put
bis ear to the ground to listen for fur
ther rumblings. The writer having
heard of these wonderful yields made
. trip through the provinces OF Mani
t0oa, Saskatchewan and Alberta, to
ascertain first hand their truthfulness.
Il 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
vas true. and that yields Of over sew
enty bushels per acre were told OF.
These were 80 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 10
cality but scattered in places hun.
dreds of miles apart. Leaving these
out altogether. there were large areas
In which the average was over hfty
bushels per acre. which In all COM
mon sense ought to satisfy most peo'
pie. One hundred and thirty thresh'
ees in Alberta have made their 70
turns to tho local government ~ 70
Quired by an act Of the Legislature,
and the average of the wheat threshed
was fifty three bushels to the acre. 30
immense was tho yield that ofscial
verihcation was required before giving
Il out to tho public. Sitting In the
smoking compartment Of day coach.
where on passing through . farming
community. there may be gathered the
eossipy yarns Of the neighborhood.
one hears also . lot Of news. Just
oow, the sole topic IL that OF the
crops. A man with more or less Of
Q hirsute appendage. smock. clothes
aAd hands giving the appearance Oh
one working In the aeld. was asked
- to the crops. He had got ON af
Warner, Alberta. Taking out his pipe
lishting 1t and then crossing his knees,
holding his chin in bis hands. pos
eessing an air Of supreme content
nent, and with an intelligent face, he
looked the man who could give some
Information. And he was Just the
nan. He was . thresher and on bis
way to Milk River to secure some
more help. He was requisitione4 for
information. Yes, . good season.
rye made . lot Of money. Al for
yislds. let's see," and then he began
to string them OF. Peterson had 81
bushels of wheat per acre on his nve
hundred acre farm from $50 acres
Roland got IS bushels per acre: Bu-
gier had ono hundred and ten acres
that went s. bushels: Carr had q
bushels per acre of an eight hundred
acre field" And he gave others run.
ming from So to 66 bushels per acre.
All these people lived east of War
ner. Alberta. Looking out Of the win.
dow and seeing immense fields. stu
covered with stocks he was asked
why they were not threshed, he 70.
piled that there we're not enough
rigs" In the district. and that they
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 l must say that
| never saw such crops. or ever heard
Of anything to compare with 1t In
any country on earth. The country
is over the hill, and certainly the farm
ers have a 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
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
three Provinces.-Advertis