Tombstone epitaph., 1916-01-09
FROM ONE YEARS CROP HE PAID FOR HIS LAND
 IMWESTERM CANADA

Remarkable as are the reports of the yields of wheat in Western Canada, the marketing of which is now under way, they are none the more interest ing than are those that are vcuchec for as to the value of this grain crop to the farmers of that country.
 Some months ago the Department of the Interior, at Ottawa. Canada. wrote to those in the United states who were owners of land In Western Canada that was not producing, ad- vising that 1t bs put under crop. Tho high prices of grain and their probable continuance for some years should be taken advantage of. Cattle and all the produce of the farm commanded good figures. and the opportunity to feed the world was great. while the profits were simply alarming. The Department suggested that money could be made out of these idle lands. lands that could produce anywhere from 25 to 65 bushels of wheat per acre. A number took advantage of the suggestion. One Of these was an Illinois farmer. He owned . large quantity of land near Culross. Msn:- toba. He decided to put one thcusand acres of it under wheat Hie cvn story, written tc MT. c. J. Broughton. Canadian Government Agent at Chi cago. is interesting.
 "T had 1000 acres in wheat near Culross, Manitoba. 1 threshed 34.006 bushels, being an average of 34 bush els to the acre. Last Spring I sold my foreman. Mir. F. L. Hill, 24o acres of land for 5000, or s37.5o per acre. He had saved up about $i,c00. which he could buy seed with, and have the land narrowed, drilled and harvested. and put in stock or shock.
 "As . first payment was to tAKe all the crops raised. When hs threshed he had s.20O bushels of wheat, which is worth in all $1.00 per bushel, thereby paying for all the land that was in wheat and more. too. there being only 200 acres in crop. If the 240 acres had all been in whea: he could have paid for 1t all and aao money left"
 That is a story that will need TO corroboration in this year when, no matter which way you turn. you learn of farmers who had even higher yields than these.
 G. E. Davidson Of Manitou. Mauito- ba, had 3e acres of breaking and li acres older land. He got 2,1s6 bush els of wheat, over 43 bushels per acre.
 Walter Tukner of Darlingford Man .toba, had 3,514 bushels of 50 acre field, or over 5Sla bushels per acre. Forty acres was breaking and 20 acres summer fallow.
 Wm. Sharp, formerly Member of Parliament for Lisgar, Manitoba, had so acres of wheat on his farm near Manitou. Manitoba, that went 53 bush els per acre.
 One of the most remarkable yields in this old settled portion of Manitoba was that of P. Scharf of Manitou. who threshed from 15 acres the phenom- enal yield of 8 bushels per acre.
 These reports are but from one dis trict, and when it is known that from almost any district Tn grain pet of 30.000 square miles. yields while not as large generally as these quoted. but fin many cases as good. is 1t any wonder that Canada is holding its head high in the air in it's conQuering career as the high wheat yielder of the continent? When it is pointed out that there are millions of acres O. the same quality of land that has pro duced these yields. yet unbroken. and may be had for fling upon them as a homestead, or in some cases may be purchased at from SIP to s30 an acre from railway companies or private land companies, 1t is felt that the op- portunity to take part in this marvel ous production should be taken ai- vantage of by those living On land much higher in price, and yielding infinitely observation-disclosures