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the small amount of this crop grown there are no var- 

 ieties being recognized by the farmers. 



Grasses : With the introduction of weeds and the need 

 for diversification of crops more attention has been given 

 each year to grasses. Timothy remains the most popu- 

 lar, largely because of the cheapness of the seed and its 

 popularity in the Eastern Provinces and the States. 

 Western Rye, Meadow Fescue and Brome are grown in 

 limited quantities. 



Legumes: Little attention has been paid to legumes, 

 but where they have been tried out Alfalfa and Sweet 

 Clover seem to give best results, while in most years the 

 common Red Clover and Alsike can be grown with a fair 

 degree of success. This is especially true east of the 

 Red River. 



Intertilled Crops : As mentioned previously, fodder 

 corn, sunflowers and roots are the intertilled crops that 

 are grown in this district. The root crops have never 

 come into favor because of the expense in handling and 

 the amount of hand labor necessary. A five- to ten-acre 

 patch of fodder corn is quite common on the farms 

 throughout the district; w r here there is a silo a greater 

 acreage is grown. The success with sunflowers as silage 

 has displaced corn on some of the larger farms. The 

 varieties of corn usually grown are Northwestern Dent 

 and Minnesota No. 13. So far Mammoth Russian is the 

 sunflower that is being used. 



282. Rate of Seeding. The rate of seeding with practi- 

 cally all crops is much heavier in this section than in 

 most of the Great Plains Area. This is due to the com- 

 paratively heavy precipitation and the need to crowd 

 out all other plants. Wheat is sown at the rate of a 



