. Dry farming in western Canada. Canada. Agriculture Canada; Dry farming. 124 DRY FARMING 93. Killing the Native Prairie Plants.—The native vegetation consists chiefly of grasses and various shrubs, such as rose bushes and wolf willow. Some of these plants are fibrous-rooted while others, such as native. Fig. 45.—Breaking with Oxen. Not an unfamiliar sight in the early days of land settlement in the west. quack and the rose bushes have underground stems or "creeping roots". These plants can be killed only by plowing. Fibrous-rooted plants can be killed by once plowing if followed by
. Dry farming in western Canada. Canada. Agriculture Canada; Dry farming. 124 DRY FARMING 93. Killing the Native Prairie Plants.—The native vegetation consists chiefly of grasses and various shrubs, such as rose bushes and wolf willow. Some of these plants are fibrous-rooted while others, such as native. Fig. 45.—Breaking with Oxen. Not an unfamiliar sight in the early days of land settlement in the west. quack and the rose bushes have underground stems or "creeping roots". These plants can be killed only by plowing. Fibrous-rooted plants can be killed by once plowing if followed by reasonable surface cultivation. I 'ivt'ping-rooted ones are less easily disposed of, and in order to completeley eradicate them it is necessary either to break and backset or to break in a dry time and let the furrow slice dry out before it is surface-cultivated. It is obvious, therefore, that on land that is to be plowed only once, the best practice for conserving moisture is not the most efficient for killing the creep-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bracken, John, 1883-. Winnipeg, Canada : The Grain Growers' Guide, Ltd.
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