. Dry farming in western Canada. Canada. Agriculture Canada; Dry farming. 242 DRY PAEMING found as a rule to be a good practice, although in a few- places where the land is extremely heavy late fall irri- gation is of somewhat doubtful value. 194. Grain Crops.—There has been some contention as to the advisability of irrigating growing grain in certain localities where the season is short, and the grain slow in. Fig. 86.—Irrigating Wheat, Strathmore, Alta. ripening, on account of danger from frosl in the fall. In such localities this difficulty can be overcome by irri- gating tin1 laud in the f
. Dry farming in western Canada. Canada. Agriculture Canada; Dry farming. 242 DRY PAEMING found as a rule to be a good practice, although in a few- places where the land is extremely heavy late fall irri- gation is of somewhat doubtful value. 194. Grain Crops.—There has been some contention as to the advisability of irrigating growing grain in certain localities where the season is short, and the grain slow in. Fig. 86.—Irrigating Wheat, Strathmore, Alta. ripening, on account of danger from frosl in the fall. In such localities this difficulty can be overcome by irri- gating tin1 laud in the fall after the growing season is over. This is a commendable practice under all circum- stances. But in dry seasons even when the land lias been irrigated the fall previous, the growing crop musl be irrigated again if maximum yields are to be obtained. In most districts where irrigation is now practised grow ing grain can be irrigated quite safely, and certainly ad- vantageously, providing the water is applied before the crop has suffered materially from drought. The secret of raising grain successfully under irrigation is pre- paredness. The period in which water can be applied to. 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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