The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-31

at Des Molnes, one Of the members OF
the firm says: Il have much pleasure
in advising you that on our farm FIVE
miles east Of Champion. in the Prov
ince of Alberta, Canada, this year
19l6) we harvested and threshed TO-
COO bushels Of wheat from 240 acres,
this being an average of "A bushels
and 10 pounds to the acre. A con-
siderable portion of the wheat vas
No. l Northern, worth at Champion,
approximately S1.S5 per bushel, max
ing total return of S19,610, or an av-
erage of SSl.T0 per acre gross yields.
And by aid of a thorough system were
able To keep the cost of growing wheat
at about - cents a bushel."
MesSrs. Smith & Sons of Vulcan,
Alberta. are growers of wheat on a
large scale and have demonstrated
that there is greater profit in Western
Canada wheat-raiSing than probably in
any other business anywhere. Speak
ing of their experience Mr.. Smith
says:
II have three sections of land at the
present time and am farming yearly
ZOO to 1,400 acres of land. My re-
turns from the farm for the past two
years have been around 200oo, that is
for every dollar I have spent have
received three, now l do not know
where you can do that well.
This is surely the country for the
man with the small capital as the land
is still reasonable in price, payments
in long term and work of all kinds for
every man to do. feel that If was
turned out here without a dollar that
in less than ten years l could own a
section of land and have it well
equipped"
Western Canada's soil and climate
is suitable to graining large and prof
liable yields of wheat, many so large
that those not acquainted with the
facts hesitate to believe the reports
sent out by the farmers in that cOun-
try. AS an evidence of their sincerity
in reporting correct yields aftidavits
of couple of grain growers are repro
duced.
II Newell ]. Noble, of the town of
NoblefOrd, Province of Alberta, do
SOlemnly declare that from 1000 acres
of wheat on the said farm there was,
in the season of 1916, threshed 54,395
of "a bushels and % pounds per acre.
And that from 394.69 acres of oats on
the said farm, there was threshed in
the said season of 1916, 4S,506 bushels
Of oats, being at the average Of 122
bushels and 30 pounds per acre.
"And l make this solemn declara'
tion conscientiously, believing it to be
true and knowing that it is Of the
same force and effect as If made un-
der oath and by virtue of The Canada
Evidence Act" NEWELL J. NOBLE.
A Woman Takes Affidavit as to
YieIds.-On January 4, 1917, Mrs. Nam
cy COe of Nobleford made oath as fol-
lows:
In the matter of yield of wheat, oats
and fax on my farm for harvest of
1916, I, Nancy Coe, of the town of
NoblefOrd, Province of Alberta, do SOL
emnly declare that / threshed from
115 acres on my farm CLIO bushels of
wheat (machine measure, which it is
believed will hold out in weights fully
about three-fourths of the crop al
ready having been weighed), being at
the average of SO bushels and s
pounds per acre. and that from 4S
! acres of flax on stubble ground, ]
threshed 993 bushels of fax, being at
an average of 20 bushels and SO
pounds per acre, and that from 500
acres of oats I threshed $50 bushels,
machine measure, being at an average
of 115 bushels and q pounds per acre.
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