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of duly qualified operators with scientific training. Such an experi- 

 mental station should carry out investigation of all the possible 

 methods of soil treatment known to the agriculturistj'should compile 

 statistics relative to its own experiments and also the results obtained 

 by the farmers working "burn-out" soils, and should publish its results 

 and statistics, perhaps in the form of a "burn-out" bulletin, which 

 could be calculated to interest at least those who are endeavouring to 

 make a success of farming under those conditions. 



^'Burn-Out'" Soils in Other Parts. The writer is credibly informed 

 that the district under discussion is not the only one of its kind in the 

 prairie provinces. The problem would become of still greater import- 

 ance in accordance with the size of the area involved. 



