CHAPTER XXX. 



Western Farming. 



Having set forth the method of cultivation and ^^^t^*"***'*" 

 rotation of crops especially suitable for Ontario, 

 the Maritime Provinces and British Columbia, a 

 lesson on the Canadian West will now be quite in 

 order. This immense territory is bounded on the 

 south by the United States, on the north by the 

 Peace River District, on the west by the Rocky 

 Mountains, and on the east by the Hudson Bay. 



135. BREAKING I'LOW. 



The vastness of this extent of territory can 

 scarcely be comprehended. It is estimated that 

 there is within its bounds sufficient land to give 

 every inhabitant in the world at the present time 

 (1916) half an acre each. 



Nearly the whole West is. well adapted to grain 

 growing, and especially spring wheat. 



As conditions here differ from the eastern 

 Provinces, it is necessary to make some changes in 

 the mode of cultivation and the style of implements 

 most suitable for the countrv. 



