Prairie Wheat : Three Centuries Of Wheat Varieties In Western Canada

Dickinson, F. L.

Winnipeg, No Stated Date of Issue.

By Canada Grains Council
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Card covers, saddle stitched with staples, 55 pages, 6x9 in, [15x23 cm], B&W photographs.
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Text-block lightly age-tanned. Covers surface worn, stained, and creased.
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A historical survey of wheat development on the Canadian prairies, tracing successive varieties from those cultivated at Hudson’s Bay Company posts to the modern strains in use by the mid-1970s. Dickinson outlines the introduction, selection, and adaptation of wheat suited to prairie soils and climate, noting the agricultural challenges that shaped breeding and improvement over three centuries.

Date of publication not stated - internal evidence suggests a date of 1976 or later.
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