. Agriculture in Canada; modern principles of agriculture applicable to Canadian farming to yield greater profit. Agriculture; Agriculture; cbk. 240 KENNIES AGRICULTURE. Advantages of Growing Flax. soil. There is a cash market at a price considerably more than wheat. Flax rots sod better than the common method of plowing in spring and back-setting in autumn, and it is not so liable to get frosted as spring wheat or oats. After the flax is harvested, all that is necessary is to cultivate or disc and harrow the land for wheat the following spring. If labor were more plentiful there would be as m
. Agriculture in Canada; modern principles of agriculture applicable to Canadian farming to yield greater profit. Agriculture; Agriculture; cbk. 240 KENNIES AGRICULTURE. Advantages of Growing Flax. soil. There is a cash market at a price considerably more than wheat. Flax rots sod better than the common method of plowing in spring and back-setting in autumn, and it is not so liable to get frosted as spring wheat or oats. After the flax is harvested, all that is necessary is to cultivate or disc and harrow the land for wheat the following spring. If labor were more plentiful there would be as much money realized from the fibre as the seed, and this would make flax growing a very profitable 140. BROADCAST SEEDER. Semi-Arid Lands. In the West there are dry districts which require special treatment in order to grow crops of grain successfully. Shallow cultivation must be adopted in order to keep all the vegetable matter on the surface so as to conserve and retain moisture in the soil. This is in accordance with the laws of nature. Earh- in the spring the land should be gang-plowed shallow, then rolled, and harrowed with a spike- tooth harrow. Presuming that the surface is now fine and mellow after this preparation, sow a mixture of oats and peas, one bushel of each. (Vetches may. 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 Rennie, William. Toronto W. Rennie
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