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Barley. Manchurian and O. A. C. No. 21 both six- 

 rowed varieties, are the best in use at present. 



Fall Rye. Fall Rye has been used to some extent as 

 a means of controlling soil-drifting and combating wild 

 c ats and is proving very valuable for these purposes. 



Corn. The great value of corn in a crop rotation lias 

 already been mentioned. Northwestern Dent and Min- 

 nesota No. 13, are good varieties for this territory. 



Sunflowers. Sunflowers have been proven to be a 

 good silage crop and can fill the place of corn where it 

 does not succeed. 



Mangels and Turnips. Are not extensively grown but 

 can be grown successfully. 



Grasses. Brome grass is our most drouth-resistant 

 grass and is used to quite a degree for permanent hay 

 and pasture. Its persistence makes it undesirable where 

 more easily handled grasses will succeed. Western Rye 

 grass is probably the most generally useful grass for this 

 territory. It stands drought well, yields almost as well 

 as brome grass and being easily plowed up is a better 

 rotation grass. Timothy is too dependent on moisture 

 and the same is true of all grasses commonly grown in 

 humid countries. 



Leguminous Hay Crops. Alfalfa is the most valuable 

 of these. It is grown with great success at Brandon Ex- 

 perimental Farm and by some few private farmers but 

 is generally considered throughout this region as im- 

 possible to grow successfully. I believe the future will 

 see it grown very much more generally, and that it will 

 contribute very largely to the solution of farming prob- 

 lems. Sweet clover is being introduced to a consider- 

 able degree and has a great value where alfalfa cannot 

 be grown. Its productiveness, hardiness, free seeding 



