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The improvement of burn-out lands in southern Saskatchewan / by E.C. Sackville.: A12-8/50-1938E-PDF

"The burn-outs are depressions in which the impervious subsoil has been exposed through removal of the natural surface soil and for this reason water which collects in these depressions is largely lost by evaporation. Where this heavy subsoil is exposed or near the surface, the productivity of the soil is low. ... With increasing areas being brought under cultivation there arose a very general demand for more information on the problems of breaking and cultivating burn-out lands. In response to this demand illustration station work was expanded in the year 1926 by acquiring the use of an unbroken quarter section on which to carry on both illustration and experimental work"--p. 3-4.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Agriculture.
  • Dominion Experimental Farms and Stations (Canada)
TitleThe improvement of burn-out lands in southern Saskatchewan / by E.C. Sackville.
Series title
  • Farmers' bulletin ; no. 50
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Cover title.
  • "Issued February 1938."
  • "This is a revision of Pamphlet No. 114--New Series, by J.G. Taggart and E.C. Sackville"--p. 12.
  • Issued also in French under title: L'amélioration des terres brûlées dans le sud de la Saskatchewan.
  • Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
  • Partial contents: Nature of the soil -- Experience of settlers -- Illustration Station work -- Experimental work -- Recommended practices for burn-out lands -- Position of investigation.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Department of Agriculture : Division of Illustration Stations, Experimental Farms Branch,1938.
Author / Contributor
  • Sackville, E. C.
Description12 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • A12-8/50-1938E-PDF
Departmental catalogue numberPublication 600
Edition
  • Rev.
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