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this is one of the questions that will require some 

 further years experience and observation before 

 a reliable opinion can be offered." (Later tests 

 gave results favoring earlier seeding, August 15 to 

 September 1, the best dates.) 



QUANTITY OF SEED TO SOW 



"This, as well as the proper time to sow, is a 

 point about which we have not sufficient data at 

 hand to draw very satisfactory conclusions. It is 

 reasonably safe to assume that thin sowing will 

 fill better in a dry season, while in a normal or 

 wet season, medium to heavy seedings will fill 

 equally well, besides producing a larger yield. It is 

 not wise to go to extremes either way. Thirty 

 to sixty pounds or forty-five to sixty pounds is 

 probably the approximate amount of seed to sow 

 per acre. 



TREATING FOR SMUT 



"Winter wheat should be treated for smut 

 just as conscientiously as is spring grain. Either 

 the formalin or bluestone method is satisfactory, 

 providing that the work is done carefully. Very 

 smutty grain should never be used for seed, for 

 even when treated thoroughly, some smut is apt 

 to appear in the resulting crop." 



It is hardly possible to follow winter wheat with 

 winter wheat in Alberta since the harvest occurs 

 early in August, only a week or two before the 

 next crop should be seeded. It is almost necessary, 

 therefore, to seed on summer fallow, unless the 

 crop is sown on new breaking as heretofore dis- 



