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wõlJ"r and lf tbe soll. hes reeefvact very lltÈle nefeture durtng
the preeedlng fa3.1, tbe Èopeoll elsles out rapl,6ry anð begtne te
dlove wlËh the wlnd. Ns vegetation ôevelops to proteot the soll
for tbe seedl Ln bl-own out befsrE lt een gerø,l.aate anð takc roôÈe
Bhe preraltlng westerÌles are ðefleeteû gou.Ëbward by
the fflssourl Goteau oyer the dry pfery'south of the fnte¡uatlonal
Þonndery and. thelr are ftrnnelLed lnto ssutÞe-astera $eekatehcwan
antl southlrsstera $danltoba between the Coteau sndl Eurüle Moun-
4ts
taln.- During the perloút from L951 to 19ts? the¡e hoÈ üry wlndla
Bere partlcularly devastaËing, ancl thetr affect ls vlvldly
deeartbed by a coatemporery poet.
*4* *e pushed. on fros, Daloralne
Iato the endlees treeleea plafn
À slow, hot wlnd began to ilse..,
Llko aahes oa the floor of Eelt
¡lnå
$"gy
ever bottee grew th,e atrr
ctr¡et kopt driftl_ng ceese1e*sly...
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ûut of some furnaee in the Soath,o *
Bhe eaely eetttrëf,ðr f.n addttlon to overeoning the
haaerds of *rought anct bigb wi.nd,e, haé ts faoE the prospeot af
€erljr f,elI frosËs, Hedl $yfe sSË the wheat generntrly eowa in
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southwEster4 @aitsbs þeforæ sarguls wheet wae dleyeloperflfhts
wheat uommlS.y satanes la about I"lõ to LäÐ days, bt¡t fn
backwaril sea.sÐBsrrrhea gemaiaatf.on s$ae slosr, thls perloð has
extEud.ed for enother ten ilaye or two w_eeke. Red, Fyfe wheat
Ësrysß ln 189Ð' on &prll 10 åld ssü rlpË¡r untll angust ËÊ, sese
tr9,4 ilays raterPshere were ne ear]-y froets ta wer¡ the
âtg
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.å.O'Le6ge,
lflatsps KI"rkcerulelXi
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{Landoq,I"F9S} p,ê$.
rIJ{ wneat" .Ðe}orai4q ?im.es.