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in the fall it does not have to be done in the spring. It 

 is well to keep in mind that until spring plowing is 

 finished it is not ready for a crop and may not be ready 

 until it is too late for good results. Fall plowing is quite 

 generally practised in the more humid parts of the 

 West, but in the drier areas it is not considered a de- 

 sirable practice unless the soil is in good condition at the 

 time of plowing. 



Deep fall plowing gave us good returns when the soil 

 was in condition, and when the autumn was moist and 

 the winter snowfall heavy. Very favorable yields were 



II bu 

 36lbs 



17 bu 

 59tt>s 



-TV 



22 bw 



22.bu 

 49.lbs 



NO COLT. NO CULT. SURRVCi RURNCD& 

 GRA55V CLEAN CULT. SORTACfc 



STUBBLE. STUBBLE CULT. 



22 bu 

 55$ bo 



DEEP 



FAI 1 



PUJMNC 



23 bu. 



23 bu 



23 bu 



37lto 



SHALLOW 

 SPRING 



PLOWIMO 



DEEP SHALLOW 

 SPRING FAU- 



PLOWING PLOWING 



Fig. 65. Summary of Tests. 

 Different methods of cultivating stubble land at Saskatoon. 



also obtained from deep fall plowing on laud that was 

 infested with quack grass and native shrubs, and also 

 where long stubble could not be burned, providing in 

 each case the land was well worked down afterwards; 

 but it gave us poor results when the fall and winter fol- 

 lowing were dry, as most of our fall and winter seasons 

 are, and very poor results when a heavy stubble was 

 plowed under and the land not worked down after 

 plowing. 



