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usually admit of spring plowing but compels fall 

 preparation of the soil and early spring disking 

 of stubble land. 



The best and usual method is to drill the grain, 

 seeding quite shallow one and one-half to two and 

 one-half inches deep. The best amount of seed 

 to plant varies for the different areas and climates. 

 Six pecks per acre is a common amount to sow in 

 the eastern provinces, and four pecks per acre in 

 the drier western provinces. Less seed is required 

 on the drier lands. As little as two and three pecks 

 per acre is sometimes seeded on summer fallow, or 

 in a favorable seed bed. 



CULTURE OF WINTER WHEAT 



In his annual report for 1908 Prof. W. H. Fair- 

 field, superintendent of the southern Alberta 

 experimental farm, gives some suggestions and 

 information regarding the culture of winter wheat 

 as follows: 



PREPARATION OF THE LAND 



. " If sod is to be used, it should be broken in May 

 and June, while the soil is moist and before the 

 rainy season is over. May breaking usually gives 

 better results than June breaking. The sod 

 should be rolled or flattened down as fast as it is 

 broken to facilitate the rotting process. It is the 

 custom to break three and one-half to four inches 

 deep and prepare a seed bed by the use of a disk, 

 drag harrow and float. The float should be fol- 

 lowed immediately with the harrow, for evapora- 

 tion takes place very rapidly from the land when 



