Dry farming in western Canada Dry farming in western Canada . dryfarminginwes00brac Year: 1921 THE SUMMER FALLOW 173 can't get the weed seeds germinated before the early part of June in dry seasons and object to plowing them under because they will live and grow when plowed up again', and yet another, 'I summerfallowed and my crop was so heavy and rank that it 'lodged', was poor in qual- Fig. 68.—Harvesting Mangels in Manitoba. ity as a consequence and cost me double what it should have to harvest it', and still another, 'I plowed my fallow early in June and it kept my teams busy all summe
Dry farming in western Canada Dry farming in western Canada . dryfarminginwes00brac Year: 1921 THE SUMMER FALLOW 173 can't get the weed seeds germinated before the early part of June in dry seasons and object to plowing them under because they will live and grow when plowed up again', and yet another, 'I summerfallowed and my crop was so heavy and rank that it 'lodged', was poor in qual- Fig. 68.—Harvesting Mangels in Manitoba. ity as a consequence and cost me double what it should have to harvest it', and still another, 'I plowed my fallow early in June and it kept my teams busy all summer cultivating it to keep down the weeds; I prefer to do it later because the weeds don't grow so much and it takes less horse power and time to keep it back—I re- duce the cost of fallowing by doing it later', and an- other, 'The maintenance of a mulch as a means of lessen ing evaporation does not pay unless there are weeds to be killed a1 the same time/' 141. Defense of Fallowing.—One or more of the objec- tions mentioned may become serious faults of fallowing
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