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DRY FARMING 



in the fall it does not have to be done in the spring. It 

 is well to keep in mind that until spring plowing is 

 finished it is not ready for a crop and may not be ready 

 until it is too late for good results. Fall plowing is quite 

 generally practised in the more humid parts of the 

 West, but in the drier areas it is not considered a de- 

 sirable practice unless the soil is in good condition at the 

 time of plowing. 



Deep fall plowing gave us good returns when the soil 

 was in condition, and when the autumn was moist and 

 the winter snowfall heavy. Very favorable yields were 



r^ r^ r^ 



(I bu. 

 36 lbs 



rzbu. 



59 lbs 



22 bo. 



ass Be 



22.bu. 

 *9.lbs 



22 bu 



r^ 



23 bu 



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,25 bu 



f^ 



23 k. 

 37.lto 



NO CULT. HOCUCr SURFAOt KURNED S. 

 CKAaSy Cl-EAH CULT. SORTACEl 



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FAU- 



PLOtlCINC 



SHALLOW^ 

 SPRING 

 PLOWING 



PEEP SHALLOW 

 SPRINC FALL. 



PLOWING PLOWIrSC 



Fig. 65.- — Summary of Tests. 



Different metiiods of cultivating stubble land at Saskatoon. 



also obtained from deep fall plowing on land that was 

 infested with quack grass and native shrubs, and also 

 where long stubble could not be burned, providing in 

 each case the land was well worked down afterwards; 

 but it gave us poor results when the fall and winter fol- 

 lowing were dry, as most of our fall and winter seasons 

 are, and very poor results when a heavy stubble was 

 plowed under and the land not worked down after 

 plowing. 



