92 DRY FARMING 



Carefully conducted experiments have also shown 

 that some crops will withstand drought better than 

 others. For instance, brome grass and Western rye 

 grass for some reason withstand more drought than any 

 of the other commonly used grasses. Alfalfa will with- 



Pig. 32. — Winter Bye at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. 



Although lower in price than wheat winter rye is a promising crop for 

 the drier areas. 



stand more drought than clovers, Durum wheat more 

 than common wheat, and Emmer more than oats or 

 barley. 



It is well appreciated by western farmers that annual 

 crops yield much more than perennial ones, and that 

 those crops which can be sown early and that reach 

 their greatest growth during the late stages of the rainy 

 season, and that ripen before the dry autumn months 

 are the most satisfactory to grow. This is why oats, an 

 annual crop, is more generally used as hay than the 

 grasses which are perennial. It explains why sweet 

 clover yields more on dry land than alfalfa and it is the 



