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Titre fondé sur la légende suivante tirée du photoreportage de l'ONF: New methods of harvesting grain have wrought a revolution on Canada's wheat farms. Fields dotted with golden stocks of wheat ripening in the sun -- once the picturesque trademark of the prairies -- are rarely seen. Today most farmers harvest their grain like Saskatchewan's Ed Schiefner above. The wheat is cut and left lying in "swathes" to ripen on the ground where it is less affected by wind, rain and hail which can destroy a crop overnight. "Swathed" wheat ripens in about half the time it would require while standing.