Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-12-17
WESTERN CANADA'S
WONDERFUL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor-
dinariIy Heavy.

When ono hears Of individual wheat
yields OF thirty-fye TO forty bushels
per acre, there is considerable incre-
dullty, but when yields, IN whole town
ships extending into districts covering
three and four and Ave hundred square
miles in area, OF upwards OF nifty n
some as high as sixty.fiye bushels per
acre are reported. one is led TO put
his ear to the ground TO listen for fur
Their rumbllngs. The writer having
heard OF these wonderful yields made
n trip through the provinces OF Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 70
ascertain first hand their truthfulness.
IL was remarkable to discover that
Dame Rumor was no more 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 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 II To-
callty but scattered in places hun
dreds OF miles apart. Leaving these
out altogether, there were large areas
In which the average was over nifty
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-
aulred by an act Of the Legislature.
and the average of the wheat threshed
was lfty.three bushels to the acre. So
immense was tho yield that official
y%eriflcation was required before giving
Il out to the public. Sitting in the
smoking compartment OF a day coach,
where ON passing through a farming
community. there may he gathered the
cosby yarns OF the neighborhood,
n hears also a lot of news. Just
now, the sole topic Is that OF tho
crops. A man with more or less OF
n hlrsute appendage, smock, clothes
and hands giving the appearance OF
n working In the field. was asked
as to the crops. He had got On at
Warner, Alberta. Taking cut his pipe,
lighting Il and then 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 nan who could give some
information. And he was Just the
man. He was n thresher and ON his
way to MIX River to secure some
more help. He vas reduisitioned for
information. Yes, a good season,
I've made n lot OF money. As for
Yields. let's see," and then he began
to string them of. Peterson had 63
bushels of wheat per acre on his 1--WE
hundred acre farm; from $50 acres
Roland got 65 bushels per acre; Blu
gler had ono hundred and ten acres
that went SO bushels; Carr had Go
bushels per acre or an eight hundred
acre field" And he gave others run
ming from So to GO 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 we're not threshed, he re-
piled that there were not enough
rigs In the district, and that they
would not get through before Christ
mas.
An American writing OF a 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 | must say that
| never saw such crops, or ever heard
OF anything to compare with 1t In
any country OF 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
bo written Of any part of any OF
three Observation-Disclosures.
Some women put on airs and some
others try Ia whistle them.