INDIVIDUAL PRACTICES 



Seager Wheeler of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, 

 who received the prize of $1,000 at the land show 

 in New York for the best bushel of wheat, giving 

 his experience under Canadian conditions, says: 

 "At the time of taking up the matter of seed 

 selection I was growing the ordinary Preston 

 wheat which was not fixed to a distinct type. This 

 wheat at the time was a mixture of reddish and 

 white chaff, also was straw colored and red. The 

 first year I eliminated the white chaff variety. 

 This fixed the color of the chaff but I still had to 

 separate the red grain from the yellow in order 

 to fix the color. It is not necessary now to do this 

 work as the beginner can secure pure-bred seed 

 to start with. 



"All this work in selecting by hand would be of 

 little benefit if the seed bed were neglected. It 

 would be folly to sow good seed on a poorly 

 worked or weedy seed bed. Therefore, it is highly 

 important to have the seed bed in good condition. 

 The two together make for improvement in both 

 quality and yield. Such seed should be grown on 

 breaking, summer fallow, or root land. 



"I will now outline my method of preparing 

 summer fallow. The land should be disked or 

 shallow plowed in the fall, the season before. I 

 prefer the shallow plowing at a depth of two 

 inches, followed by packing to start weed growth 

 in the spring. In the spring if possible, it should 

 be given a stroke of the harrows to break up the 



