Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 11, 1928, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press september 11, 192s free press Twenty i owing for Frost and Hail and All other ills that wait for crops the Canadian a ing total of bushels of the five leading Cereal crops namely 412 of wheat Barley Rye Manitoba leads m threshing done. Cutting still to be done in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Considerable traversed b-if1ocor Hind. Agricultural editor aria inspecting crops of i92s motor driving Over the Prairie provinces. I the Story of the crop in acreage avge. Yield Ciruti a no Kui Toba 22 Saskatchewan 21 Alberta 28 bushels total Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta total Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta total Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta total Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta total 38 35 45 32 32 31 30 24 22 12 10 8 i i it has produced on the whole a b it Ter crop than was anticipated and it entirely escaped the Frost and in most districts it also escaped . In such districts As Abernethy in Saskatchewan where Rye is a specially returns were very Good. The largest acreages of flax Are in Saskatchewan and a Good Many of these in on Spring breaking a pernicious lorm of Agri culture which however this year received a Reward tar above its deserts in very Good yields that in the Raa Jorty of districts ripened fairly Early. In others however these Fields were late and Are seriously frosted. Frosted tax is neither Good for Man or beast and most unfortunately Many of these late Fields on Spring breaking Are exceedingly weedy so that the now land is fouled before it Lias Ever produced a crop. Weeds. One or the serious features of the crop year of 1928 has been the extreme prevalence of weeds and More especially wild. Cots. These evil geniuses Are everywhere present and have very seriously curtailed yields in very Large areas and indeed a number of crops have had to be sacrificed in an attempt to curb their further spread. In spite of this however., vast numbers of them have seeded and Tallyn to the ground in. Advance of the ripening the legitimate and Are lying in Walt a menace to future crops. Fodder crops. Hay As a Rule is a Good crop and an immense amount of both wild and cultivated Hay been put up for Winter. Sweet cover have both done very Well and the growing of Sweet Clover Lias shown a marked increase. The seann on the whole has been rather too Cool for Corn and Many of the Fieric s. Have been caught by Frost but Whie the percentage of matured Corn will. Not be Large there is plenty of Lusi Hige. The fishing. The reports from correspondents indicate that there is less threshing done than might have been expected at this Date. This is due in some measure no doubt to the very largely increased use of combines and Swath ers and the necessary waiting until the crop is More fully mature than would be necessary with binders. The year will to some extent at least prove a testing time for this new machinery and also a testing time for the patience of the Farmers. The advice of the Salesman said when your crop is where you would ordinarily Cut it with a Binder go away and fish for a couple of wan probably sound As some of the Farmers have certainly used both. And combines too boo ii for Good trading of to bulk or cat. Manitoba has the largest percentage of threshing done As was. Ten clays earlier and it the time or writing 61 Points in Saskatchewan is in Alberta report threshing operations held up on account of rain and Brit in weather. Town. Wheat estimated Yie Oats Barley ids Frost damage Bye flax to wheat the so d weather effect of Frost on grades. Miami Altona la Riviere Manitou Napinka. Hartney Grosse Isle Brookdale Shoal Lake Glenboro .18. .15. .30. .20. .25. .23. .30. .25. .30. .22. .70.40. .25.20. .40.30. .35.25. .45.30. .26. .50.45 .45_____35. -40.35. 30.none none none none .95. 25.none .60. None none is .50. None .16. None 3. Slight. .-10. .15 6. 1.40. damage. .Fine.none. lower grades. damage. Fine no damage. damage. None. t say yet. Swan Elver .18. By Alto .25. Rivers Brandon .25 Belmont .25. Portage la pral Ris 21. Justice .20. Melita .20. Rosenfeld. .-.12. Teulon .40.40. -45-.35. .50.45. .40.40-. ,.25 20 12. .10. 30 none .25 10 .3 non Start. 15 none 10 none 15 none .60 none 5 15 con d be. 10. None none 80. 12 none 10 fair. Bain grading 2 and 3. Fine damage. Fine no damage. .Good.none. Good none. lowered. damage. damage. Town. Wheat d weather Purl by in. Forward Lucky Lake Radville .20.35. Govenlock .30.go. Pennant Alameda .20.40. Tanallon .35.55. Macoun .16.30. Summerberry___22.25. .30.none none .40. .35.7. None none none .30. .60. .23. .30. 18____ .2.0. To. 25. .12. None a. 8___ 50 lowered. Slight .10 none 2 slight .20 s.fair-., 10.Good .15 .15.Good. 60 .20.poor. No damage. Grades lower. Grades lower. Two grades Down. Grades lower. Two grades Down. Of been exceptionally heavy and from per Sonal observation it would seem that must have lost very close to half a Mamion acres and Saskatchewan quite a. Full Nillon acres and Moui f these provinces the bulk of this loss was on wheat. These extremely heavy Hail losses have received careful con Sidera Ionin compiling the average the seeding of wheat was com eted generally speaking. Much Ilir than in 192-7, there were a num Ber of areas where seeding was not completed until the end of first june and he being. The Manitoba free press estimates the Thryn Prairie provinces for the year at i this estimate is based on the personal inspection of Tural and assistant agricultural editors covering u Miles of motor driving and the entering and sampling of scores of Fields and the later comparing of estimates those received by wire within the past 30 hours from local the questions asked the Cor j what is your estimated yield of i wheat Oats Barley Rye and flax what is the latest estimate of Frost what percentage of threshing is done has weather been favourable or in for threshing As this inquiry followed so closely upon the general Progress report issues of september 1. It was not Neomea necessary to make further inquiry As to cutting but a number Points both in Alberta and Saskatchewan re port considerable cutting still to be done and both cutting and threshing Kab held up at n number of Points in Saskatchewan and Alberta on account of Rains on the 7th and ath. Heavy frosts occurred on Botn nights in Many parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan. These frosts have done material Range to grades of wheat and to Jidida in the matter of very late oat flax. The frosts of August 22 and 23 Nanri following nights reduced yields 01 wheat in late Fields and have done Natwerlal damage to grades so that the volume of wheat will be such the largest Ever produced in Western Canada it will Grade lower ulan a number of crops which have of Cedea it but there will be a much pc user percentage of both no. 1 Andi 2 than was the Case in the 19211 unless the weather from now on prove very unfavourable. A3 usual nil estimates Are based on yields per Sere the acreages being issued by i lie Dominion govern As their revised estimate of Cage As of August 11. Wheat there has been some loss from Tot and Stem Sawfly. The two sources of loss have been Hall Stonewall Plumas. Dauphin grand Lew Tenby Gretna Waskada person .25. .22. .24. .20. .21. ,.25. .12. .22. .25. .22. .30.20---- Nono .35. .30.25. .35.28. .25.20. .35.35. .3s.35. .40.28. None 25. 13. Non 2. .none., 15. None 7. None .13. .10. .10. .12. None none none bad slight .25 none con d be none slight .25. .35. None. 20. .10. Good. Good. Good Good. Good. Rain. Ideal. Good damage. No damage. No damage. Grades lowered. Slight. Grades lowered. To damage. Grades lowered. No damage. Quappelle Sovereign Tuxford Outlook tug Aske Grenfell Kennedy Elafros Jansen .25. .30. .25. .20. ,.20. .20. .25. .18. .18. .22. .05. .40. .50. Lauder Kenton. Bathwell a. Beulah Russell. Ochre bluer Fortier Elgin Virdon .21. .30.__ .22. .22. .20. .23. .24. .25. .40. .50. .30. .40. .40. .35. .45. .50. .50. .35. .35 .40 .28 .25 .30. .30 .35. .35 .35 .30 13. .35. .20. 25. ,_.35. None .12. 6. None none none .12. Slight Grade lower. A Grade. None .50 damage. 4g .15.Good.grades lowered. 5.cloudy-slight. Slight .Start.no. No damage. None 33 damage. Some .10. t say. Slight possibly none. None damage. Carberry Clearwater Ninga Mordehi Carroll Gilbert Plains Strathclair Thornhill Ebor Treherne .22. .20., .23. .18. .20. .18. .2s. .20. .22. .23. .40. .35. .40. .40. .35. ,.40. .40. .40. .45. 1-3 .32. .15. None none .10.none none slight none .10 none. .15. .10. .12. None slight none .20. .15. .65. .-.15. .20. .15. .5. .45., Fine. ,.fine__ Fine Pine Good. Fine Fine .i.raiii. no damage. No damage. No damage. Can t say. Can t say. No. Damage. Slight if ony. No damage. Frobisher _-.20. Manor Glenavon Naicam Wynyard Blaine Lake Leader .25. Climax .30. Abernethy ----.30. Kandahar .18. .35 .30. .35. .40 .30. .38. .45. .85. .10 10 ,.ho .30. None. .35. .30_. .25. .30----- .20. .25. .18. .30. 25. None. None 14. ,14. .25.20., .20., .22. .20. .18. .12. .15. 8. None .10. None .12 .10 .25 bad .20. .30. .60 5 .20 .40 Start. 5. .10. .10. 5. 5. None .3 Dys. .10. t say Good. Good. Cold. Halu. Fine fair. Fair. Fair _ serious. Can t 6.17. Lower grades. Lower grades. Can t say. Can t say. .40 .25 .28 .35 .30 20. 30. 5. .12 -10 .15 .30 con d be. Con d be. Slight slight con d be. .10 .10., Start 4. Start. 5. 15---- .26. None. None. 7. Say. Good can t say. Fair two grades Down. Say. Say. Wet _40% Down two grades Pine blight. If any. .80 will show first. Damp to 4 grades. Damp can t Lemberg Eyebrow Kisbey Buchanan Flaxcombe Eston _____15. ,.25-. ___.24. .25. To. Co. 30 .49 Zealandia Nokomis Langenburg Canora .35. .35. ,.30._. ,.30___ none. None .50. .35. -35. .30. -20. 18. .20. .22. None. 20. -25. .30. -30. None .10. None. .12. -10. None. None. None. .20 con d be. .95 .70. Con d be. .25 con d be .15 .10-15 .15 .10. Start. 5. Start. .15. .10. .40. Cold Good. Ideal. Ideal. Can t say. Cut two grades. Impossible to say. Can t say. Two grades Down. Cut two grades. Can t say yet. Lower. Aug list frosts and suffered accordingly. Oats oat crops in the three provinces very uneven due no doubt Tarsoly to the weakened seed from Tiv. B crop of 1927 and to the dry period followed Deloraine eld Neville ook River Neepawa Lyleton Arborg Sanford Brunild Oak Lake Alexander .25 .25. .15. .10. .30. D.28 .40. --45 .30 .17 .32 .40 .25 .25 .18 .10 .25 .30 none .35. 16. 15. 18., .20. .25. None .35 none none .15 none Inone slight .12. -10. -15. -14. Suffered from Frost. Barley Barley is a very fair crop in All to ree provinces and is it was As a Rule Well advanced before frosts came. 1ms probably suffered comparative a mip if in yield and very Little in Grade. A number of Fine Felda treble malting were noted and this bids or to be an increasingly popular crop. Kye. While Winter Rye suffered to some extent from a dry period in the Deprins Souris Minnedosa Kaston Boissevain Carman Dominion Hamiota Gladstone Bolln Eriksdale City .25. .30 .24. -15. -14. .20. .16. .45. .50. .48. .45. .30 .30. .45. .25. .35. -40 -35., so so -25 .32 .25 -40. 25. 15. .23. .20. .20. .25. .12._ 15. .13. .15. .10. .18. None .15. .25. .20. .25. .90. ,.15. .10. 15. Fine. damage. To 2 grades lower. Fine no damage. Poor damage. estimated. Good no damage. damage. Fair very slight if any. Al slight if any. Con d be. 15.Pine 1 to 2 grades. 2 Damp slight damage. None .80.Fine 20 .40.-Fine none .40.-Fine .25. .10-.-Fine 2 Yorkton .-25.30---- Watrous .-.25.40.33. Turtleford Asquith Stoughton ------17.37.30 flu More Viceroy Bengough --------25.-----------. Dalmeny .22.20.20. Waldron .30.35-.25. Cudworth Laird Othon .-.22.35.25--- North Battleford 18.30.25. St. Blk eur Semans Lashburn Avonlea Leear none .22. .20. .20. None none .25 -2-3 none 8. None .11. .11 .12.con d be 6. 5----- 5------ .10. 10. Rain Good rain Good. none none 22-. 8 25 5 2 2.hain none 25.none .15-20 con d be. 7.25 .15.falr 33 5q none wet. 5 --------30------Good Tono -.poor. .2 to 3__________ i to 3 Loscri Light. I grades lowered. Grades lowered. Grades lowered. Lowered. Grades lowered. Grades lowered. _ grades i Swarni. Grades lowered. Grades lowered. _ grades lowered. No damage. Can t say. No damage. Can t say yet. No damage. Probably 1 Grade. No damage. Snowflake Emerson Selkirk Argyle Nesbitt Roland Inwood Somerset Cla Willlam .25.-. -10., .27-., -28 .25. So. .20.-. .22 .65. .35. 17. 32-. 35 .30. -65 .20. None .26.none none .8. None none .25. None. Slight none none none slight none none none .20 .35. -20 10 so 5. Fine Fine. .-.Fine. Lino. Fine damage. No damage. None to Grade. No damage. Probably none. Damage. Damage. No. Sainaga. Say. Yet. No Bartle. Langr Xith Pilot Mound Al Slamey Morris Methuen. Crystal City Sperlins it .25 .28 .28. .25. .10. ___27 .26. .12 .50 .40 _.60. -45 .20 .65. .80 .25 45 .20. Al _.10.8.none .____30-.18.none .30. -.25 20.none.10.none .70 a Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine i. Slight lowering. ,.no damage. of any. Slightly lowered. No damage. No damage. No damage. No damage. Lockwood Assiniboia. Drinkwater Mossbank Outram Lloydminster Fielding Kelvington Dunsmo re Delisle .27. .20. .20.__ .25. .25. -.30. .50-. .45 .40____ .35__. -30----- .50-., .-30___ .30____ 12.16.__15 a. .50 ._____10____ .12.__10 -_____35____ 20 .10____. None Llo .-.20. None none so a none 10 con d the. Start., Good Good slight. Good very slight. two to say yet. Rain impossible to estimate. Rain one Grade lower. 1 to 2 Grade Down. Rosthern Tisdale Theodore Cut knife Esterhazy. Maple Creek Swift currant Indian head Broadview major __.20.__ __20___ ,.26. ._.so. __25. .40_ ,.30____ go i.23------ .40____ .i.36____ none ,25----- ,30----- none 2o. None 25. 15. .12. None none hone none .12. None con d be. Slight 5. .25 2. Bad none. Con d be. None slight 5---- 15 .___5. Slight Start 5. Rain Fine Ideal. Fine Fine. Fine _., Down to no. 3. Little it any. Can t Bay yet. Can t estimate. -2 to 3 grades. No damage. Can t say yet. Little if any. Caron Rouleau Hal brute Maryfield. Carlyle. Quill .27___ .21. .27. .30-. .30. .4030. To .25 .20. J 3020____ it 22. 8. 6. 50 10 con d be. 20 serious -.35. 15 _ 5 10 e 15 Fine Fine Fine Fine Fine Ideal several grades. From 1 and 2 to 3 and several grades. One Grade at least. Not enough threshed. Can t Bra yet. _ continued on Page ;