Canada west : 350,000,000 bushels wheat in 1915 : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . 10 bushels or a fraction over 54 bushels to the acre. Saskatoon.—The yields produced this year on the University Farm atSaskatoon, while not phenomenal, are a very good index of what can be accom-plished by proper farming methods without any exceptionally favorable con-ditions. Wheat on the farm has yielded this year 47 bushels per acre on landwhich was sown to corn last season. The lowest wheat yield recorded onbreaking is 23 bushels, and the highest 37 bushels per acre; the lowest wheatyield on land that was
Canada west : 350,000,000 bushels wheat in 1915 : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . 10 bushels or a fraction over 54 bushels to the acre. Saskatoon.—The yields produced this year on the University Farm atSaskatoon, while not phenomenal, are a very good index of what can be accom-plished by proper farming methods without any exceptionally favorable con-ditions. Wheat on the farm has yielded this year 47 bushels per acre on landwhich was sown to corn last season. The lowest wheat yield recorded onbreaking is 23 bushels, and the highest 37 bushels per acre; the lowest wheatyield on land that was stubbled-in is 17 bushels, and the highest 46 bushelsper acre; the lowest yield of oats on summer fallow is 77 bushels, and thehighest 94 bushels per acre; the lowest yield of barleyon summer fallow is 38 bushels, and the highest 51bushels, while the lowest yield of peas on summerfallow is 40 bushels. The Dominion Lands agent at this place says thatfrom 107 different threshing outfits which form asmany different points in the province the yield ofwheat was 53 bushels per
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