CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VII. 



Breaking the Virgin Prairie -- 121 



91, Why We. Till Prairie Sod.— 92. How Moisture is 

 Stored and Conserved in New Land. — 93. Killing the 

 Native Prairie Plants. — 94. Preparation of the Seed Bed. 

 — 95. Some Desirable Practices in "Breaking" Prairie 

 Sod. — 96. Break Early to Obtain Maximum Yields. — 97. 

 Plow all the Land. — 98. Turn the Furrow Over Flat.— 

 99. Pack or Plank after Breaking.^100. Disc Deep Break- 

 ing as soon as Possible after it can be done without Turn- 

 ing up Sods. — 101. Cultivate Sufficiently during the 

 Season to Prevent the Growth of Native Plants. — 102. 

 To Control Creeping-Rooted Grasses Break Early and 

 Backset. — 103. Don't Backset if Sod has not Rotted. — 

 104. Land Intended to be Backset Should be Broken 

 Shallow; that not to be Backset, Deeper. — 105. Harrow 

 and Pack Backsetting.— 106. "Scrub" Land must be 

 Treated Somewhat Differently. — 107. Leave Breaking 

 Uncropped until the Following Season. — 108, The "Break- 

 ing" up of Cultivated Grass Land. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Preparing Park Belt Land for its First Crop - - - - 136 



109. Location and Extent.— 110. General Characteristics. . 

 — 111. Climatic Conditions — 112. Character of Vegeta- 

 tion. — 113. Methods of Removing "Scrub". — 114. Plowing 

 Scrub Land. — 115. Surface Tillage After Plowing. — 116. 

 Cost of "Scrubbing" and "Breaking".— 117. The Choice 

 of the First and Subsequent Crops. — 118. The Best Sys- 

 tem of Farming. , 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Tillage of Stubble Land : ... 146 



119. The Causes of Low Yields.— 120. The Control of 

 Soil'Moisture. — 121. The Control of Weeds, Grasses and 

 Shrubs. — 122. Securing a Good Seed Bed. — 123. Impor- 

 tance of "Available" Plant Pood.— 124. The Stubble— a 

 Nuisance, Yet Important.— 125. Subsoil Moisture Must 



be kept Available to Plant Roots 126. Some Common 



Methods of Preparing Stubble Land for ^ Crop. — 127. 

 Results of Some Tillage Experiments at the University 

 of Saskatchewan. — 128. The Necessity for Plowing Grassy 

 Stubble.— 129. The Desirability of "Working Down" 

 Plowed Land as soon as Possible after Plowing. — 130. 

 The Furrow Slice should be Placed Firmly Against the 



