. Dry farming in western Canada . Fig. 3.—Map Showing the Northern Limits of Some Crops and Trees. tive years, during which it was plowed three times, to secure no less than 280 bushels from 8 bushels ; It thus appears that while the practice of fallowing was brought forcibly to the attention of the Saskatchewan pioneers after the last Riel Rebellion and that it was not until this time that it became a general practice, yet its value was not unknown in the West as early as the mid- dle of the last century. In recent years the United States Department of Agri- culture, the different S
. Dry farming in western Canada . Fig. 3.—Map Showing the Northern Limits of Some Crops and Trees. tive years, during which it was plowed three times, to secure no less than 280 bushels from 8 bushels ; It thus appears that while the practice of fallowing was brought forcibly to the attention of the Saskatchewan pioneers after the last Riel Rebellion and that it was not until this time that it became a general practice, yet its value was not unknown in the West as early as the mid- dle of the last century. In recent years the United States Department of Agri- culture, the different State Experiment Stations, the Ex-
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