River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-18
WESTERN CANADA
CONTINUES TO WIN
The 1915 Yield of Grain Keeps
Western Canada to the Front.

The great publicity that has been
given to the grain yields of the Prov
inces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
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
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,O0O,O0O bushels, and the
average yield we'll over 25 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.
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 300,0OO,OOO
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, farmer south Of
Strassburg, Sask., has harvested 5,465
bushels No 1 hard wheat from 16O
acres.
Jas. A. Benner, near Daysland, Al
berta, says his wheat went over 40
bushels to the acre, with an all round
crop OF 80 bushels to the acre.
J. N. Wagner, near the same place,
also lays claim to over 40 bushels of
wheat per acre.
A 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. Fl. 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 $61265, his net rental for
the crop, and there was only 80 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 81 bushels, another SO
and q third Sc bushels per acre. On
the Jail farm at Lethbridge % acres
of Marquis wheat yielded so bushels to
the acre and weighed 67 pounds to the
bushel. A test lot of one acre of Mar
quis wheat when threshed yielded SO
bushels and 80 acre field averaged
go 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 SIS 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 df No. l northern from
200 acres and such instances will not
be isolated.
Considerable Of the wheat grown in
Western Canada is finding it's way to
the markets of the United States, not
withstanding the duty Of ten cents
ner bushe1. The miller in the United
States finds Western Canadian wheat
necessary for the blending of the high
class -four that is demanded by some
milIers. Already nearly a hundred
thousand bushels of the 1915 crop has
found it's way to the Minneapolis, Du-
Iuth, st. Louis and other markets.
It 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
Welded 10 bushels to the acre, while
those of J. N. Wagner went 80 bush
els to the acre.
AS is pointed out by Toronto pa
per Canadas 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
perpetual source of wealth. increas-
ing from year to year by the stimulus
Of individual industry and personal in
ferest. A wheat harvest of 36,25O,OOO
bushels from 100000 acres, an av-
erage yield of rs bushels to the acre
The substantial nature of this growth
H. rraduo+iou Ia ch0wn nv the fact