408 
DRY-FARMING 
when it was made an experimental farm under gov- 
ernment supervision. The following table shows the 
yields obtained from the year 1891, when the pre- 
cipitation records were first kept, to 1909 : — 
Recorp oF InpiAN Heap EXPERIMENTAL FaRM AND 
MorTHERWELL’s Farm, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA 
BUsHELS ye WHEAT 7 ae 
ANNUAL Hisenortwre Farm uae Anas 
BA : 
oe ee Menranyee™ s 
Fallow Stubble 
1891 | 14.03 35 Bo 30 
1892} 6.92 28 21 28 
1893 | 10.11 35 22 34 
1894 | 3.90 iF 9 24 
1895 12.28 Al 22 26 
1896 | 10.59 39 29 31 
1897 14.62 33 26 35 
1898 | 18.03 32 = 27 
1899 9.44 33 = 33 
1900 11.74 17 5 25 
1901 | 20.22 49 38 51 
1902} 10.73 38 22 28 
1903 | 15.55 35 15 31 
1904 11.96 40 29 35 
1905 19.17 42 18 36 
1906 13.21 26 13 38 
1907 | 15.03 18 18 15 
1908 13.17 29 14 16 
1909 13.96 28 15 23 
Average = — 32.4 20.5 = 
1 Snowfall not included. This has varied from 2.3 to 1.3 
inches of 
water. 
