DRY FARM CROPPING PRACTICES 93 



reason the grain crops are the ones best suited to our 

 climate. 



The value of intertilled crops, particularly those that 

 are harvested early, as a preparation for grain crops, 

 has long been appreciated by farmers in dry climates. 

 Very large yields after corn and fair returns after po- 

 tatoes are of common occurrence. The difficulty has 

 been to grow these or similar crops profitably in a large 

 way at the present time. The economic conditions now 

 existing favor extensive rather than intensive methods 

 for the average farmer in the West, although as land 

 becomes higher in price and labor and equipment 

 relatively cheaper, more intensive methods will probably 

 pay better than extensive ones. 



The drought resistant or drought avoiding crops that 

 are little grown but that promise much for the dry farm- 

 ing districts of "Western Canada and that warrant very 

 careful trial are : 



Grain crops for sale — Durum wheat. 



Rye — "Winter and Spring. 

 Flax. 

 Grain crops for feed — Two-row barley. 



Rye — Winter and Spring. 

 Emmer — (Value not deter- 

 mined. ) 

 Early Maturing Oats — (Value 



not determined). 

 Corn — (Value not determined). 

 Forage crops for permanent pasture — Western rye 



grass and brome grass. 

 Forage crops for hay — ^Western rye grass, brome 



grass, oats, rye and sweet clover. 

 Forage crops for soiling — Alfalfa in rows and corn, 



