CHAPTER V. 

 DRY FARM CROPS AND CROPPING PRACTICES 



The chief crops that have been grown in the past in 

 the three Prairie Provinces and the approximate acreage 

 of each is shown by the following table : : 



TABLE XV. Acreage devoted to different crops in Manitoba, 

 Saskatchewan and Alberta in the year 1916.* 



Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta. 



3 Chiefly hard red spring, practically no Durum. 

 2Chiefly late maturing sorts. 



3 Chiefly Six-rowed bearded hulled. 



4 Both spring and winter. 



5 Mostly native prairie considerable Western Rye Bronie and 



Timothy. 



The above table is included here in order that the 

 reader may note the relative importance attached by the 

 present generation of farmers to the different crops now 



* From Canada Year Book, 1916-17. 



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