Canada west : 350,000,000 bushels wheat in 1915 : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . oss, decided to put one thousand acres of it under wheat. His own storywritten to Mr. C. J. Broughton, Canadian Government Agent at Chicago isinteresting. I had 1,000 acres in wheat near Culross, Manitoba. I threshed 34,000bushels, being an average of 34 bushels to the acre. Last spring I sold myforeman, Mr. F. L. Hill, 240 acres of land for $9,000 or $ per acre. Hehad saved up about $1,000 which he could buy seed with, and have the landharrowed, drilled and harvested, and put in stock or shock
Canada west : 350,000,000 bushels wheat in 1915 : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta . oss, decided to put one thousand acres of it under wheat. His own storywritten to Mr. C. J. Broughton, Canadian Government Agent at Chicago isinteresting. I had 1,000 acres in wheat near Culross, Manitoba. I threshed 34,000bushels, being an average of 34 bushels to the acre. Last spring I sold myforeman, Mr. F. L. Hill, 240 acres of land for $9,000 or $ per acre. Hehad saved up about $1,000 which he could buy seed with, and have the landharrowed, drilled and harvested, and put in stock or shock. As a first payment I was to take all the crops raised. When he threshed hehad 8,300 bushels of wheat, which is worth in all $ per bushel, thereby payingfor all the land that was in wheat and more too, there beingonly 200 acres in crop. If the 240 acres had all been inwheat he could have paid for it all and had money left. That is a story that will need no corroboration inthis year when no matter which way you turn, you learnof farmers who had even higher yields than An Eastern Capitalist looking over his investments in Western Canada. He has here a field of wheat of 40oacres that gave him a yield of upwards of 6o bushels per acre in 1915. 16 CANADA. WEST MANITOBA ENJOYS PROSPERITY BROUGHT ABOUT BY RICHNESS OF ITS SOIL GRAIN* growing is and will probably remainthe most important feature in this prov-ince and more especially in the Red Rivervalley proper. However, recent years have wit*nessod a change. More and more stock is beingkept and the tendency is, undoubtedly, largelytowards smaller holdings, that is, diversified farm-ing. Dairying and the production of beef, muttonand pork are already prosecuted with profit inmany sections. Grass, roots and all classes offorage crops can be grown successfully. Of thecereals w heat is the staple, but oats, barley andMax are also largely grown. Climate.—Manitobas climatic conditions areuniform throughout. There is much suns
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