00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.825698 CaOODSP 20250303104653 cr ||||||||||| 161012s1950 onco|||#o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn-ab A12-8/146-1950E-PDF Winter wheat varieties and their production in Alberta [electronic resource] / [W.D. Hay ... et al.]. Ottawa : Department of Agriculture, 1950. 12 p. : ill. Farmers' bulletin ; 146 Cover title. "Issued May 1950. Reprint." Originally published: 1947. Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "Since winter wheat ripens earlier than spring wheat, it helps to spread out the harvesting operations and if drought occurs in mid-summer, it will be further advanced and thus escape serious injury. It may be useful in the control of weeds and there is evidence to show that it is useful in checking soil drifting. Where winter wheat can be grown successfully, it can he expected to outyield spring wheat. ... The principal varieties, Kharkov, Yogo, Turkey Red and Jones Fife are described. Land preparation, methods of seeding, rates and dates of seeding are given from experience gained at the Dominion Experimental Station, Lethbridge, over a long period of years. A description and the control of the common diseases, bunt or covered smut and the root-rots are given"--Summary, p. 12. gccst Wheat Hay, W. D. Canada. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' bulletin (Canada. Department of Agriculture : 1936) 146 (CaOODSP)9.824039 PDF 1.69 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A12-8-146-1950-eng.pdf Publication 799