Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1911 — WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, THE GREATEST WHEAT MARKET ON THE CONTINENT , [ARTICLE]

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, THE GREATEST WHEAT MARKET ON THE CONTINENT ,

REMARKABLE YIELDS OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY AND FLAX IN WESTERN CANADA LAST YEAR. Figures recently issued show that the wheat receipts at Winnipeg last year were 88,269,330 bushels, as compared with the Minneapolis receipts of 81,111,410 bushels, this placing Winnipeg at the head of the wheat receiving markets of the continent. Following up this Information it is found that the yields throughout the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as given the writer by agents of the Canadian Government stationed in different parts of the States, have bben splendid. A few of the Instances are given: Near Redvers, Sask., Jens Hortness threshed about 60 acres of wheat, averaging 29 busheld to the acre. Near Elphmstone, Sask., many of the crops of oats would run to nearly 100 bushels to the acre. A Mr. Muir had about 200 acres of this grain and he estimates the yield at about 60 bushels per acre. Wheat went 35 bushels to the acre on the farm of Mr. A. Loucks, near Wymyard, Sask., in the fall of 1910. K. Erickson had 27 and P. Solvason 17. In the Dempster (Man.) district last year, wheat went from 25 to 30 bushels per acre. Fifteen acres on the Mackenzie & Mann farm today went forty-three bushels to the acre. In the Wainwright and Battleriver districts yields of wheat averaged for the district 26 bushels to the acre. M. B. 'Ness, of the Tofield, Alberta, district, got 98 bushels and 28 lbs. of oats to the acre, while near Montrose, over 94 bushels of oats to the acre was threshed by J. Leonie, notwithstanding the dry weather of June. Further reports from the Edmonten district give Frank McLay of the Horse Falls 100 bushels of oats to the acre. They weighed 46 lbs. to the bushel. A 22-acre field of spring wheat on Johnson Bros.’ farm near Agricola yielded 40% bushels to the acre. Manitoba’s record crop for 1910 was grown on McMillan Bros.’ farm near Westbourne, who have a total crop of 70,000 bushels, netting $40,000 off 2,200 acres. G. W. Buchanan of Piucher Creek, Alberta, had 25% bushels of No. 1 spring wheat to the acre. Mr. A. Hatton of Macleod district had wheat which averaged 21 bushels to the acre. B. F. Holden, near Indian Head, Sask., threshed 950 bushels of wheat from 20 acres. On 1 the Experimental Farm at Indian Head, wheat has gone"below 40 bushels, while several, such as the Marquis and the Preston, have gone as high «q. 54 bushels to the here. At Elstow, Sask., the quantity of wheat to the acre ran, on the average, from 26 right up to 40 bushels per acre, while oats in some cases yielded a return of 70 to 80 bushels per acre, with flax giving 13 to 14 bushels per acre.

W. C. Carnell had a yield of 42 bushels per acre from six acres of breaking. Neil Callahan, two miles northwest of Strome, had a yield of 42 bushels of wheat per acre. Wm. Lindsay, two miles east of Strome, had 1,104 bushels of Regenerated Abundance oats from ten acres. Joseph Scheelar, 11 miles south of Strome, had 12,000 bushels of wheat and oats from 180 acres. Part of the oats yielded 85 bushels to the acre, and the wheat averaged about 40 bushels. Spohn Bros., four miles southwest of Strome, had a splendid grain yield of excellent quality wheat, grading No. 2. A. S. McCulloch, one mile northwest of Strome, had some wheat that went 40 bushels to the acre. J. Blaser, a few miles southwest of Strome, threshed 353 bushels of wheat from 7 acres. Among the good grain yields at Macklln, Alberta, reported are: D. N. Tweedle, 22 bushels to the acre; John Currin, 24 bushels wheat to the acre; Sam Fletcher, 20 bushels to the acre.

At Craven, Sask, Albert - Clark threshed from 60 acres of stubble I, bushels; from 20 acres of fallow 900 bushels of red fife wheat that weighed 65 pounds to the bushel. Charles Keith threshed 40 bushels to the acre from 40 acres. Albert Young, of Stony Beach, southwest of Lumsden, threshed 62 bushelß per acre from summer fallow, and George Young 5,000 bushels from 130 acres of stubble and fallow, or an average of 881-2 bushels to the acre. Arch Morton got 5,600 bushels of red fife from 160 acres. James Russell got 8,700 bushels from stubble and late breaking, an average of 23% bushels. At Rosthem Jacob Frlesen had 27 bushels per acre from 80 acres on new land and an average over his whole farm of 21% bushels of wheat. John Bchults threshed 4,400 bushels from 100 acres, or 44 bushels to the acre. John Lepp hod 37 bushels per acre from 200 acres. A. B. Dirk had 42 bushels per acre from 25 acres. Robert Roe of Grand Coulee threshed 45 bushels to the acre from 420 acres. Sedley, Sask., Is still another district that has cause to be proud of the yields of both wheat and flax. J. Cleveland got 30 bushels of wheat per acre on 100 acres and 18 bushels of flax on 140 acres. T. Dundas, southeast of Sedley, 40 bushels per aefe on 30 acres; M. E. Miller, 34 bushels per acre on 170 acres of stubble, and 35 bushels per acre on 250 acres fallow; W. A. Day bad 32 bushels per acre on 200 acres of stubble, and 35 bushels on 25<f acres of fallow; J. O. Scott had 30 bushels of wheat per acre on 200 acres, and 12 buoh-

els of flax per sere on 300 seres;, James Bulllck averaged 29 bushels of wheat; A. Alien 80 bushels;.'Jos. Runlons, 40; Alex Ferguson, 88; W. R. Thompson, 35, all oh large acreages. The flax crop of J. Cleveland is rather a. wonder, as his land has yielded him S6O per acre in two years with one ploughing. Russell, Man., farmers threshed 30 bushels of wheat and 60 to 80 bushels of oats. A. D. Stenhouse, near Medford, Sask., had an average yield on 13% acres of new land, 63% bushels of Preston wheat to the acre. Hector W. Swanston, a farmer near Welwyn, Sask., had 6,150 bushels of wheat from one quarter section of land! John McLean, who owns two sections, threshed 12,860 bushels of wheat.