pasture, Western rye, brome and red clover may be used. Tf there is danger of the 

 brome becoming too persistent, English blue grass might be substituted. 



A few roots should be grown on every farm. Among the turnips, the Perfection 

 Swede is best; Mammoth Long Mangel will also unually give a high yield. 



Weed Control — Last fall being very wet, many of the perennial weeds were not 

 killed, and consequently we may expect to find in our summer-fallows more sow thistle, 

 Canada thistle and quack grass than we had last year. Wild oats and other annual 

 weeds should not be so thick. On land that has to be cropped, the best method of 

 controlling the latter class will be to harrow the growing crop. While the prices of 

 grain will have a tendency to induce many farmers to crop as much land as possible, 

 they should be careful to crop only that which is in good condition and summer- fallow 

 the poorest and weediest fields. 



Marketing — The market for cereals will undoubtedly be good again next fall 

 because there will t?e a big demand for wheat and oats. It may not, however, be as 

 strong as this past year because of the large amount of grain being held by farmers. 

 While, no doubt, a large amount has been put on the market, every farmer is holding 

 one or two carloads until spring. This is largely because prices this past two or three 

 years have been much better during May and June than they were during the previous 

 fall. 



Labour — One of the biggest drawbacks to the production of large amounts of 

 farm produce this year will be the scarcity of labour. Recruiting is taking away 

 many of the men from the farm who are not very busy during the winter time, but 

 are required for the sowing and harvesting of the crops, so that the farmer should 

 plan to secure his labour early and in this way sow only the amount of crop that he 

 can harvest. 



SOME TIMELY HINTS 



PROFESSOR S. A. BEDFORD, Manitoba Department of Agriculture. 



The summer-fallows of Manitoba ought to be more thoroughly cultivated than 

 hitherto. Only on such fallows as are kept perfectly bare of weed growth during the 

 whole season will perennial weeds be eradicated. 



As summer-fallows are better prepared, only Marquis wheat should be sown 

 thereon, Red Fyfe lodges too readily on well worked fallows. Mensury barley and 

 Banner oats still give the best results in yield and quality. 



Wheat should be seeded as soon as the land works freely, but not later than May 

 7th to 10th. Sow oats as early in May as possible and barley from May 7th until 

 June 1st. Sow as deeply as possible in light dry or loose soil and shallow on wet or 

 stiff soil. 



Thoroughly harrow the field after seeding, and if annual weeds are plentiful harrow 

 the crop with a weeder or harrow. 



As to the eradication of wild oats, it may be noted that skin ploughing in the 

 fall gives excellent results. 



Fodder corn is a very satisfactory fodder crop here. It yields well and is one 5f 

 the best crops for the eradication of weeds. Soiling crops and grain cut green for hay 

 are also useful for weed eradication. 



Manitoba farmers should provide themselves with more granary room and not 

 rush their grain to market all at once. 



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