Newspaper: ALBERTA CROPS THE CALGARY TRIBUNE and Bow River District Advertiser September 23, 1885 Contributed for use in Alberta Digital Archives by Darlene Homme. Actual scanned images of some early Alberta newspapers are online at The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project http://ahdp.lib.ucalgary.ca/ *************************************************************************** ALBERTA DIGITAL ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed Alberta Digital archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the Alberta Digital Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *************************************************************************** ALBERTA CROPS Some Reliable Statistics of This Year's Yield - A Splendid Showing. While Mr. W. E. FOWLER was going about the District of Alberta collecting specimens of farm produce for the C.P.R. exhibition car, he secured some notes regarding the jield on some of the farms in various parts of the country. These are given below, and as they may be taken as in all respects reliable, they form a very valuable record. It will be seen that the oat and potato crop have turned out exceedingly well and wherever wheat has been sown the results have been of the most encouraging nature. The season has been wholly exempt from killing frosts, a condition that cannot unfortunately be claimed for Easter Canada and the Northwestern States this year. It seems now to be settled that this country is well adapted to mixed farming, as the returns which we now give, and the results of the C.P.R. experimental farms published last week, abundantly prove:- JOHN GLENN, Fish Creek - 90 acres in crop, 70 of same in oats, sown between 12th and 22nd April; expects to average 50 bushels to the acre. A large crop of vegetables. Potates 11 acres, averaging 400 bushels to acre (on sod). Oats weigh 40 pounds to bushel, grown on sod. NELSON BEBE, Fish Creek - Fine crop of oats; wheat and barley fully ripened; sown about middle of April. Large yield of vegetables. Expects to average 50 bushels of oats to acre, and 400 bushels potatoes to acre. DUNCAN McARTHUR, Fish Creek - About 50 acres in crop mostly oats, will average about 50 bushels to acre; sown last of March. Crops well ripened. HUGH McINNES, Fish Creek - About 40 acres in crop, mostly oats; sown first part of April; average between 40 to 50 bushels to acre. R. & A. PRATT, Pine Creek - About 10 acres in crop, 5 of oats, sown 4th of April; will average 55 bushels to acre. A. SMITH, Pine Creek - 14 acres in crop; oats sown 13th March; will average 50 bushels to the acre. Splendid yield of vegetables. Onions, carrots and beets were put in 1st of April, potatoes 13th May. Potatoes will average about 400 bushels to the acre. S. WATSON, Pine Creek - 15 acres in crop, sown April 1st; expects to average 75 bushels oats to acre. Potatoes unusually large yield. JOHN CAMERON, Sheep Creek - 35 acres in crop; oats sown on sod 12th April; expects an average of 55 bushels to acre. Wheat and barley well ripened. JOHN McMILLAN, Sheep Creek - 10 acres put in 5th May. Oats very fine, will average between 60 and 70 bushels to acre. ROBERT J. YOUNG, Sheep Creek - Oats sown middle of April, and expects an average of 60 bushels to acre. Wheat and barley well ripened. H. J. CARROLL, Sheep Creek - 50 acres in crop, 45 oats, will average 60 bushels to acre; put in 1st April. Large yield of vegetables of all kinds.