The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-20
FROM ONE YEARS CROP
He PAID FOR HIS LAND
IN WESTERN CANADA

Remarkable as are the reports o:
the yields of wheat In Western Canada,
the marketing of which Is o under
way. they are none the more interest.
ing than are those that are vouchet
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 Il be put under crop. The
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 this
profits were simply alarming. The
Department suggested that money
could be made out OF these idle lands.
lands that could produce anywhere
from ga TO 65 bushels Of wheat per
acre. A number took advantage OF
the suggestion. One OF these was an
Illinois farmer. He owned a large
quantity OF land near Culross. Mani.
toba. lie decided to put one thousand
acres OF II under wheat. His W
story. written TO Mr.. G.. j. Broughton.
Canadian Government Agent nj Chi.
cago. is interesting.
81 had 1000 acres in wheat near
Cuiross. Manitoba. ! threshed 1900
bushels. being an average OF 80 bush
els TO tho acre. Last Spring ! sold
my foreman. Mr.. +. l.. Hill. $40 acres
OF land for 50. 900. or $3.50 per acre.
lie had saved up about $1,000, which
he could buy seed with. and have the
land narrowed. drilled and harvested.
and put in stock or shock.
AS n first payment ! was to take
all the crops raised. When he
threshed he had $500 bushels OF
wheat. which Is worth in all $l.0O per
bushel. thereby paying for all the land
that was I'm wheat and more. too. there
being only 200 acres in crop II the
$40 acres had all been In wheat he
could have paid for 1t all and had
money left"
That IL a story that will need no
corroboTation In this year when. no
matter which way you turn. you learn
OF farmers who had even higher yields
than these.
G. +. Davidson OF Manitou. Mantle.
ba. had &c acres OF breaking and IL
acres older land. He got 2.1S6 bush.
els Of wheat. over 43 bushels per
acre.
Walter Tukner OF D~arlingford. Man-
itoba. had 3.5l4 bushels of a go AGRA
field. or over 5SA bushels per acre.
Forty acres was breaking and 20 acres
summer fallow.
VIM. Sharp. formerly Member OF
Parliament for Lisgar, Manitoba. had
so acres OF wheat on his farm near
Manitou, Manitoba. that went SO bush.
ella 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 10 acres the phenom.
enal yield OF 73 bushels per acre,
These reports are but from one dis.
trict, and when II Is known that from
almost any district In a grain belt
OF 10000 square miles. yields while
not as large generally az these quoted.
but in many cases as good. is II any
wonder that Canada Is holding it's
head high in the air in its c%onquering
career as the high wheat yielder OF
the continent? When II Is pointed out
that there are millions OF acres OF the
same quality OF land that has pro-.
duced these yields, yet u%nbroken. and
may be had for filing upon them as q
homestead, or In some cases may be
purchased at from sl2 TO $50 an acre
from railway companies or private
land companies, It Is felt that the op-
portunity 10 take part in this marvel.
Gus production should be taken ad.
vantage OF by those living on land
much higher In price, and yielding
Infinitely Observation-Disclosures.