340 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-8 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 

 MACARONI WHEAT. TEST OF VARIETIES. 



Four varieties were sown on April 11, on backsetting, clay loam, at rate of IJ 

 bvishels seed per acre. Plots one-twentieth acre. 



Name of Variety. 



Yellow Gharnovka 



Gdose . . . . 



Mahmoudi 



Roumanian 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bearded . 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



2,040 

 2,3G0 

 2,100 

 2,320 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



■n 5 



S .£! 



52 40 



51 40 



49 .. 



47 40 



^ 3 



Lbs. 

 (Mi 



f.t 



EMMER AND SPELT. 



Two varieties of Emmer unci two of Spelt were sown on April 17, on one-twentieth 

 acre plots of backsetting, clay loam, by hoe-drill. One-half acre of Common Emmer 

 was also sown on April 25. 



Name of Vai iety. 



Red Spelt 



Common Ernmer 

 White Spelt . . . 

 Red Emmer .... 

 Common Emmer 



Kind 



of 

 Head. 



Bald . . . . 

 Bearded. 

 Bald . . . . 

 Bearded . 



Weight 



of 

 Straw. 



Lbs. 



3,800 

 3.440 

 4,540 

 4,400 



Yield 



per 

 Acre. 



Lbs. 



3,r.oo 



3,220 

 3,160 

 2,980 

 2,680 



SUMMER FALLOWS. 



In view of the great importance of properly preparing land for crops, and of the 

 large number of new settlers coming into the country, I make no excuse for repeating 

 what was said in my last three reports respecting summer-fallows, and breaking up 

 and cultivating new prairie land. 



It is very gratifying to know that throughout the Northwest, summer-fallov>'ing 

 is rapidly becoming general. No matter where farming is carried on, the farmei-s 

 realize that to be sure of a crop they must prepare a portion of their land the year 

 before the crop is grown, and apart from the value of the stored moisture, there is the 

 inestimable advantage of keeping weeds from overrunning the farm. 



The true worth of properly prepared fallows has been clearly demonstrated in past 

 years in every grain-gi*owing district of Saskatchewan. 



The work of preparii:ig land for crop by fallowing is carried on in so many ways in 

 different parts of tbe Northwest, that perhaps a few words on some of the methods em- 

 ployed may be of help to at least some of the new settlers. 



It has been observed in Alberta and Saskatchewan that the land to be fallowed is 

 not, as a rule, touched until the weeds are full g;rown and in many cases, bearing fully 

 matured seed. It is then ploughed. 



