Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1920 — MA'S HARVEST ISOVER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MA'S HARVEST ISOVER

Threshing Shows increase Over Expected Yields. The Winnipeg Free Press of a few days ago eontained a cartoon of which the following is a copy:

This probably as much as anything else will give some idea of the state of mind of the Western Canada farmer, as he watches the tally from the thrashing machine while his wheat is being carried to the elevator. From all sections of the country, the most optimistic reports are received, the local and city'papers are filled with reports from twenty to thirty bushels of wheat to the acre, while in some places oats are showing a record of as high as 120 bushels to the acre. Referring to Saskatchewan, it is confidently expected that the wheat yield will be nearly 125 million bushels. Heavy rains which fell in districts that did not promise so well in July, had greatly improved the prospects there, and there is no question that paying yields will be produced. The yields in the eastern part of the province may not show to the advantage that will those of the western part, but too much cannot be said of this, for it is the results as they come from the machine, and often these prove happily deceptive. There is now every reason to believe that the wheat crop of the three prairie provinces will approach 250 million bushels. Alberta will exceed the 70 million bushels that had been looked for. The average yield will be considerably higher than It has been in the province In any of the last four years. The Department of Agriculture in a recent report gave the opinion cannot fall below twenty-two bushels to the acre, and that It might easily pass the twenty-five bushel mark. Most of the wheat In the province when the report was written, stood well up to three feet high, and on some fields was still higher. The port does on that in parts of Southern Alberta forty and fifty bushels to the acre yields will not be uncommon, while there will be a good ulany yields 'of from thirty to thirty-five bushels to the acre. K/ In the northwest part of the province, in the country surrounding Battleford and adjacent to the Canadian National Railway line to Lloydminster, and south the crops are excellent and the yield will be heavy. A larger than average wheat crop is being thrashed in Manitoba. It has been estimated that the total yield of the three provinces will not be less than 225,000,000 bushels, and it may be that somewhere between 250,000,000 and 300,000,000 bushels will be the final figure. Oats is a good crop in all three provinces. This crop has also grown rapidly during the last two or three weeks. Excepting from those fields which were sown late for green feed, the yield will be heavy and the grain excellent Barley and rye are above the average. There was sufficient help to harvest the crop.—Advertisement