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CHAPTER XII 

 CULTURE METHODS 



This chapter will relate largely to spring 

 wheat, since it is the type most largely grown. 

 The growing of wheat in the eastern provinces is 

 comparatively limited and of relatively small im- 

 portance. The grain is grown in rotation with 

 other crops and in connection with the raising of 

 livestock. The culture methods pursued are 

 similar to those adapted to the eastern states. 



The great wheat fields are in western Canada 

 where there are millions of acres of new land 

 available for wheat growing, not yet under cultiva- 

 tion. This great area is being rapidly settled. 

 Millions of acres of prairie sod have been broken 

 in the last ten years. Millions more will be 

 broken in the next ten years. It is possible and 

 profitable to use large machinery in the wheat 

 farming of west Canada. Here on the wide 

 prairies the big engine plows, the large harrows 

 and disks, and the big twelve and fourteen foot 

 drills can be used to the greatest advantage. 

 The size of the machinery used should suit the 

 size of the farm. The 160-acre farmer may use 

 his sulky plow and two or three horse harrow, 

 but farming on a large scale requires the use of 

 large machinery and strong power. On the larger 

 farms, four, six and eight horse teams and ma- 

 chinery to match is or should be the rule, and this 

 method should bring the greatest profit. Many of 

 the new settlers must necessarily begin in a small 

 way because they are limited as to capital and 



