CHAPTER V. 



DRY FAEM CROPS AND CROPPING PRACTICES 



The chief crops that have been grown in the past in 

 the three Prairie Provinces and the approximate acreage 

 of each is shown by the following table : : — 



Table XV. — Acreage devoted to different crops in Manitoba, 

 Saskatchewan and Alberta in the year 1916.* 



Manitoba Saskat«'hewan Alberta. 



Wheat— Winter 3,829 15,258 18,177 



« —Springi 2,721,896 9,016,851 2,-586,798 



Oats2 1,443,599 3,791,807 2,124,981 



Barley3 687 503 367,207 836,586 



Rye* 30",050 22,759 17,975 



Flax 15,684 542,034 95,063 



Peas 1,600 650 



Mixed Grains 1,400 14,150 4,550 



Hay and Clover^ 77,642 25,154 173,461 



Potatoes 31,989 46,989 29,216 



Turnips, Mangels, etc 3,118 1,621 1,700 



Fodder Corn 9,830 2 253 676 



Alfalfa 4,422 3',086 20,612 



] Chiefly hard red spring, practically no Durum. 



2Chiefly late maturing sorts. 



3 Chiefly Six-rowed bearded hulled. 



* Both spring and winter. 



5 Mostly native prairie — considerable Western Rye — Brome and 

 Timothy. 



The above table is included here in order that the 

 reader may note the relative importance attached by the 

 present generation of farmers to the different crops now 



* From Canada Year Book, 1916-17. 



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