340 DRY FARMING 



place to insure a catch. The wheat which is our main 

 crop is given the two most advantageous years in the six. 



This rotation is offered as a practical suggestion, which 

 may be altered to suit varying conditions. 



290a. Dry Farming Crops. 



Wheat : The effect of shortage of moisture on a crop 

 is to make it sacrifice leaf and stem for the development 

 of the seed. Dry areas are consequently best fitted for 

 the production of seed-bearing crops. Wheat is the 

 great seed-bearing crop of Manitoba. Wheat made Mani- 

 toba, and will continue to be its chief support for many 

 years to come. The object of diversification of crops, 

 introduction of new crops and live stock raising is not 

 to replace wheat, but rather to make the continuation 

 of profitable wheat growing possibile, where an attempt 

 to grow nothing but wheat is suicide for wheat growing. 



Marquis is at the time of writing (1920) the best 

 variety of wheat for Manitoba. Red Fife has been en- 

 tirely replaced and rightly so. Red Bobs has had a 

 somewhat sensational period of advertising but is prov- 

 ing distinctly inferior. Kubanka, a durum variety, is 

 being introduced to some extent on account of drought 

 resistance and supposed immunity from rust. Its low 

 milling value makes it distinctly undesirable unless rust 

 should become so bad as to make the growing of Marquis 

 or other white-flour-producing wheats impossible. Ruby 

 is a new variety somewhat earlier than Marquis and of 

 similar quality which has not been fully tried out, but 

 may be of importance for northern districts. 



Oats. Oats fill an important place in Manitoba fann- 

 ing. The Banner and Victory varieties are the leading 

 favorites. 



