Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-01-07
WESTERN CANADA'S
WONDERFUL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor~
dinariIy Heavy.

When one hears Of individual wheat
yields of thirty-fye 20 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 fifty and
soEie as high as ~iSty.fiye bushels per
acre are reported. one Is led TO put
his ear to the ground to listen for fur
Their rnmblings. The writer having
heard OF these wonderful yields made
trip through the provinces OF Mani
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, to
ascertain first hand their truthfulness.
II was remarkable to discover that
Dame Rumor was no rufnorer after all.
that modesty was her mantle. that
all that had been said OF these Yields
was true. and that yields of over sey-
enty bushels per acre were told OF.
These were so 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 To-
cality but scattered In. places hun
dreds Of miles apart. Leaving theEo
out altogether. there were large areas
In which the average Was over fifty
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 20 the local government as re-
CURED BY an act OF the Legislature,
aud the average OF the wheat fkresbed
was ffty.three bushels To the acre. SO
immense was the yield that Official
yerinoation was required before giving
II out to the public. Sitting In the
smoking compartment OF a day coach.
where on passing through n farming
community. there may be gathered tho
gossipy yarns Of the ncighborhood.
one hears also n lot Of news. Just
now. the sole topic fl that OF the
crops. A man with moro or less OF
a hlrsufe appcndage. smock. clothes
and hands giving the appearance OF
one working in the aeld. was asked
As to. tho crops. He had GOT on At
Warner. Alberta. Taking on; bis pipe.
lighting Il and then crossing his knees.
holding hts chin IN his hands. pos
seBsing an air OF supreme content
meni. and with an intelligent face. he
looked the man who could give some
information. And be was just tho
man. He WAS a thresher and on his
way TO MIX River TO secure some
more help, lie was roqHisltioncd for
information. Yes. good season.
I've made lot OF money. As for
yields. let's see and then no began
10 string them OF. Peterson had GO
bushels OF wheat per acre on bis eve
hundred acre farm: from ESQ acres
Roland got ss bushels per acre. Bu-
glcr had one hundred and ten aeres
that vent CO bushels: Carr had 60
bushels per acre OF an eight hundred
acre field" And be gave others run
ming from S. TO CO bushels per acre.
All these people lived east OF Var
ner. Alberta. Looking ont OF the win
dow and seeing immense fields. atili
covered with stocks be was asked
why they were not fhreshed. be 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 trip he
made through Western Canada says:
4 vent as far west as Saskatoon.
back TO Regina. Moose Jaw. and down
on the 500 line. and I must say that
! never saw such crops. or ever heard
OF anything 10 compare with II In
any country ON earth. The country
is over the fIIl. and certainly the farm.
ers have lot to be thankful for.
There are very few of them thai
have done their work and done IL
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
- written OF any part OF any OF
three Observation-Disclosures.