The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1916-01-06
WESTERN CANADA's
WONDERFUL YIELD
Wheat Yields Reports Extraor-
dinariIy Heavy.

,r. ono hears of individual wheat
,-,o,ds of thirty-hve to forty pusnes
.sr acre there is considerapie ,nol
P s',,,tr hnt when yields, in whole to"n-
uair,, extending into districts covering
si'lpo Ia four and five hundred square
niles in area, of upwards OF MY anu
some as high as sixty-hVe busneis per
oore are reported. one Is leo 10 put
a. a.. oar n the ground to listen for fur-
US rrmbl;ngs. The writer having
heard of these wonderful yieios nauo
. trip through the provinces OIL wan
- saskatchewan and Alberta, 10
o 800. first hand their truthfulness'
., rros remarkable tc discover tha-
name Rumor was no rumorer ai'ei "li'
that modesty was her mahtle' 'na'
III t,ot had been said of these yleids
wos true and that yields OF over sew
sntr bushels per acre were told OF.
THESE were so high that the truthiui,
noss of the story was doubtfui anu
rerv little was said of them. but
.uoh tbere were. and not in one IN
.
o+onca hit in several, not IN one To-
caIity but scattered in places nun
dreds of miles apart. Leaving tnese
ont altogether, there were large areas
IN which the average was over n1ty
bushels per acre, which in all COLI
mon sense ought to satisfy mose peo-
nile One hundred and thirty tnresh-
orc in alberta have made their re-
turns to the local government as re-
ouired bv an act of the Legislature
and the average of the wheat thresneu
was fftythree bushels to the acre. so
immense was the yield that omciai
verifcation was required before giving
IT out to the public. Sitting in the
sn,oking compartment of day coach,
where on passing through farming
community. there may be gathered the
goss,py yarns of the neighborhood'
one hears also a lot of news. just
4 now the sole topic is that or the
crops. A man with more or less Vi
a hirsute appendage, smock, CLONES
and hands giving the appearance OF
one working in the field, was asked
as TO the crops. He had got on az
Warner Alberta. Taking out his pipe
lighting it and then crossing his knees
holding his chin in his hands, pos
sessing an air of supreme content
ment, and with an intelligent race, ne
looked the man who could give some
information. And he was Just the
man. He was a thresher and on his
way to Milk River to secure some
more help. He was requisitioned fol
information. Yes, good season
! I've made lot of money. AS fol
Yields. let's see," and then he begar
! to string them off. Peterson had 6;
, bushels of wheat per acre on his fiv'
hundred acre farm; from $50 acre.
, Roland got IS bushels per acre; Blu
gler had one hundred and ten acre
! that went SO bushels; Carr had g.
, bushels per acre off an eight hundre'
acre field" And he gave others run
, ming from IS to &c bushels per acre
, All these people lived east of Wal
, ner, Alberta. Looking out of the wir
dow and seeing immense fields, stil
; covered with stocks he was aske
why they were not threshed, he re
! piled that there were not enoug
] rigs" in the district, and that the
would not get through before Chris
4 mas.
@ An American writing Of trip b
made through Western Canada says
Il went as far west as Saskatoon
back to Regina, Moose Jaw, and dow
1 on the 500 line, and l must say thu
+ ! never saw such crops, or ever hear
h Of anything to compare with it
q any country on earth. The COUNT
g is over the hill, and certainly the farI
4 ers have a lot to be thankful 70
v There are very few of them thi
/. have done their work and done
b properly but what have their deb
paid and have bank accounts left"
l. And he only travelled the skirt
a the country. The same story cou
I be written of any part of any
Q .hree Observation-Disclosures.
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