The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-08-31
HARVEST FIELDS
Of MANITOBA As
JENKINS WRITES
Mt. Vernon Man Tells Of The
Wonderful Crops In
Western Canada
Field Of Barley Yields 50
Bushels To The Acre;
Other Facts

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can, Aug. "a
Editor Mt. Vernon Banner,
Dear Sir-Having promised quite a
number Of Knox county friends to
write and tell of my trip out here and
about this great country find would
have some job on my hands. l am
taking this way for a short cut.
/ left Mt Vernon Aug. II over the
Pennsylvania railroad arriving at
Cleveland 1880 p. M, left there $3.50
p. m. on the Steamer "City of Buffa-
To-" arriving at Buffalo Z a. m. Aug.
1S. Went by trolley to Niagara Falls
one Of the eight great wonders of the
world. Then down along the great
Gourge and Whirl Pool to Lewiston,
N. Y. From there down the Niagara
river and across Lake Ontario by
boat to Toronto, Can, arriving there
at p. m. Left there II p. m. over
the Great Northern Canadian RR. en-
route to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can, ar
irving there p. m. Aug. 21st.
Winnipeg is large and beautiful
city with its wide and clean streets,
its many beautiful parks and the beau.
tiful "Red River the North" that pas.
ses through the city.
Winnipeg is surrounded by the
most beautiful and productive valley
l ever saw, the Red River valley. For
three days had the pleasure OF
spending my time thirty miles south.
west of the city on the Schaal and
Schaal Ranch of which Hoy's Halt
Section was a part. This ranch of TO-.
900 acres has in crops this season
7,400 acres all of which is flax except
720 acres of wheat-320O acres in one
field, the largest field Of flax in Mani.
toba. Last spring this field was prair
ie. 1t was broken, double disked
drilled and packed in twenty-seven
and half days, an average of 11S
acres every "a hours. Since seeding
time have broken 5000 acres ol
prairie. BY the time winter sets II
s, 900 acres Will be ready for the drills
To give you some idea how this worl
Is done you must know something
about the equipment. 1t consists Of
thirteen Titan tractors, 10 Wisconsin
and Fordson tractors, 6 automobiles
IA three-bottom breaking and stubble
bottom plows, four-bottom stubble
plows, 10 double disks 10 IT. wide with
40 disks each, 1 steel rolling packs
40 1T. wide, thirty-two foot drag, ]
thirty'foot smoothing harrow, 13 12.ft
drills each "a discs, one engine pull
ing two drills, 2 large stock leaders
for shock or winrow, IL stock wagons
size of rack 14x2S it., 8 grain wagons
each holding 1875 blu, 16 Dbl. water
tanks, 4 oil wagons, 2 large thrashine
machines, one 40, 60, the other 1858;
2 large thrasihng engines, oil burn
ers; one 40.60 the other 3O.6O; {
thrashing bins mounted ON trucks
holding 600 bu. each from, these the
wagons are filed through a chute in
a few moments and are off to the ele
vator or car Here are two bailers
power seed tanning mill, disk grinder
buzz saw, etc. 10 buildings now al
the Schaal and Schaal camp, cool
shack 16x32 IT,, main bunk shack 16,
81 it.. office shack, 14x26 It., black
smith shack, shack for repairs, |
smaller shacks.
These have all been mounted OF
trucks and are painted red trimmed
In white. Next year many more, build
ings will be added such as machin,
shed 44x16O large black smith ant
repair shop, commissary, etc.
Population of camp 100 people.
For two days I have motored fo]
many miles in every direction from
this camp and as far as my high pow
cred field glasses will reach it is 6
vast SEA of wheat, barley, oats, fla,
and great ricks of prairie hay. This
is one out of three the dryest seasons
In As years, yet the crops are fairly
good. Saw field of barley being
threashed that was yielding SO hush
els per acre. Many fields of whea,
will make 20 to>4O pushels per acre
We are cutting oats and flax now
Will begin threashing flax September
LIST. 1000 acres to threash on this
ranch. Will spend this afternoon al
the Manitoba Agricultural College
and Experiment Farm. Tomorrow al
Winnipeg Beach, Lake Winnipeg, &C
miles north, fine summer resort.
Yours very truly.