Formalin Solution. — 1 lb. of formalin (normal strength) to 40 Imperial gallons 

 of water. 



Steeping Method. — In bluestone solution, immerse grain not less than two 

 minutes — not more than three minutes. In formalin solution, not less than four 

 minutes and not more than five minutes. 



Sprinkling Method. — Heap grain on clean floor. Sprinkle either solution over it 

 with broom or can; mix well. 40 gallons will treat 40-50 bushels of grain. When using 

 bluestone, spread out to dry at once after mixing; form grain into piles when using 

 formalin, and cover for three hours with bags — then spread out and dry. 



Moist grain cannot feed the drill as freely as dry grain — adjust your drill. 



Note. — For detailed information on subject, ask for Exhibition Circular 24 or 

 Experimental Farms Bulletion 73, Publications Branch, Ottawa, Ont. 



PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR'S CROP 



Once the seeding is done for this year begin to get ready for next year's crop. 



Too much importance cannot be attached to early and through preparation for the 

 next year. 



The proper and necessary preparation is the summer-fallowing of at least one-third 

 of the cropping area where that area or any part thereof has been under crop for more 

 than one year. 



Two crops will almost invariably exhaust the moisture in any given area in Sas- 

 katchewan or Southern Alberta. In the drier parts of these provinces, as, for example, 

 South-western Saskatchewan and Southern Alberta, one crop on summer-fallow usually 

 reduces the soil moisture to such a low percentage as to suggest the necessity for another 

 summer-fallow. Hence, in these parts, it is frequently advisable to summer-fallow 

 every second year instead of every third year as recommended for parts somewhat 

 more favourably situated as to rainfall. 



Summer-fallowing Methods. — The summer-fallow treatment should be begun 

 by giving the field a good ploughing. Plough from 7 to 8 inches deep. Plough in the 

 fore part of June and thus prepare the land to receive and hold the June and July rains. 

 Harrow right after ploughing or better still at the same time, certainly not later than the 

 next day. There is only one right way to handle the land after ploughing. Instructions 

 as to handling might however be given in several apparently distinct sentences, although 

 they all amount to the same thing, thus: 



1. Cultivate the summer-fallow frequently throughout the growing season, or 



2. Keep the summer-fallow black, or 



3. Maintain a mulch or dust coat on the fallow, or 



4. Do not allow weeds to grow on the summer-fallow. 



FIELD CROPS IN MANITOBA 



PROFESSOR T. J. HARRISON, B.S.A., Professor of Field Husbandry, 

 Manitoba Agricultural College 



Methods of Land Preparation — Due to the heavy crop and adverse weather 

 conditions during threshing time, this operation was greatly delayed, with a 

 consequence that very little land in the Province has been fall ploughed, and prepared 

 for wheat. The high price of wheat last spring also induced many farmers to sow 

 more wheat than they would have done in an ordinary year. The result is that a 

 much less amount of summer-fallow has been prepared, so that the spring of 19i6 will 

 find the farmers of this Province with only a small amount of land prepared for wheat. 

 The result will be that a large amount of wheat will have to be sown on spring ploughing. 

 This being true, the best method of preparing the land should be employed. The 



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