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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 : — 



Record of Indian Head Experimental Farm and 

 Motherwell's Farm, Saskatchewan, Canada 



Year 



Annual 

 Rainfall 

 (Inches)' 



Bdshels of Wheat 



PER Acre 

 Experimental Farm 



Average 



Fallow 



Stubble 



32.4 



20.5 



BnsHELs OF Wheat 



PER Acre 



Motherwell's 



Farm 



'Snowfall not included, 

 inches of water. 



This has varied from 2.3 to 1.3 



