Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . is year and theyield was about three and a half tons per acre. In addition tobeing the leading crop on irrigated lands alfalfa is grown successfullyon unwatered lands in other parts of the province. Com is estab-lished as a successful silage crop in Southern Alberta. It succeedsin favourable years well into the centre of the province also butoats will produce about as great bulk and weight and is a satis-factory silage crop in
Alberta : a survey of the topography, climate, resources, industries, transportation and communication, and institutional services of the Province of Alberta . is year and theyield was about three and a half tons per acre. In addition tobeing the leading crop on irrigated lands alfalfa is grown successfullyon unwatered lands in other parts of the province. Com is estab-lished as a successful silage crop in Southern Alberta. It succeedsin favourable years well into the centre of the province also butoats will produce about as great bulk and weight and is a satis-factory silage crop in Northern Alberta. In SouthernAlberta the growing of com takes to some extent the place in rotationthat summer fallow does. Light seeding and good cultivationdoes not exhaust the moisture unduly and puts the soil in good con-dition. The crop prevents blowing and furnishes fibre to thesoil. The variety of com most used is North-Western experiments with sunflowers for silage promise good high as fourteen or fifteen tons of green silage, which is abouttwice the amount of oats or com, can be grown from the MammothRussian Irrigating Alfalfa at Lethbridge In the best mixed farming parts of the province, consisting ofthe foothill country in Southern Alberta and the country betweenCalgary and Edmonton, timothy is a successful crop. It is also ahighly profitable crop for seed. Other tame grasses are Kentuckyblue grass, brome grass, rye grass, white, alsike, and sweet mixtures such as oats, barley and fall wheat are extensivelyused for hog pasture. Rape is a highly successful forage crop andis available earlier than in most places. On account of the coolnessof Alberta nights it does not suffer bleaching or wilting in midsummer. Roots.—The soil of Alberta is suited for heavy production offield roots. Tumips, carrots, mangolds and sugar beets are success-ful field crops. Beef.—The raising of beef cattle has always been importantin Albe
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