Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-04-14
MORAVlAN BARLEY.
A New Ceral Introduced in Nevada
by the Pennsylvania Insurance Co.

by the Pennsylvania Insurance Co.
Homer A. Craig, the Pacific Coast
agent for the Pennsylvania Insurance
company, has gone a little out Of the
beaten track of insurance by introduc-
ing to the farmers a new barley known
as the Moravian or Hanna barley.
1t is the most prolific Of any barley
yet discovered and ripens at least
week earlier than any known variety.
Its drought resisting qualities very
strongly recommend it and it is fast
becoming favorite with brewers. The
name Hanna barley need not discou-
rage its use among Democratic farm
ers. It's name is not taken from the
great machine politician, but from the
name of a river near where it was
first grown.
This barley was introduced by the
Section Of Seed and Plant Introduc.
ton of the United States Department
of Agriculture and distributed in Cali
fornia through the University Expert
ment station. The following is the &C.
count published by the Department Of
Agriculture:
No. 1898. Hordeum distichum nu:
ans Moravian or Hanna barley.
From Kwassitz. Moravia. Received
through .. G. Fairchild. THE noted
brewing barley, known all over Eu-
rope as the Hanna, direct from the
breeder or selector; Emanuel Rittar
Won Proskowetz, of Kwassitz This is
unquestionably one Of the best brew
ing barleys in the world, and is noted
for its qualities Of early ripening, i'm:
usually heavy yields and special meal,
mess, which latter, together with ot-
her qualities Of Ee,.~aeI. render it one
VI 'hs erea Iavorites among German,
-, we'll as Austrian brewers. Notwith-
standing a duty in Bavaria Of % marks
(s5.2O) per German ton on brewing
barleys and the incNased cost Of
transportation, the best Bavarian brew
cries import this Hanna barley. In tn.
thirty-ninth session of the Bavariar
House OF Deputies (1899) the pur
chase OF these Hanna barleys, among
other foreign sorts, by the famous
Hoibrauhaus, was made the reason o
an attack upon the director OF thu
State institution. Although the CLAIM
was not sustained that the Hanna bar
ley is superior to the best Bavariau
the inference which draw is that o,
the average it is more satisfactor
and economical from the brewer
standpoint. The former director OF tn
brauhaus, Herr Stauhwasser, elaine
in his defense that the Hanna barle
especially that CROWN in Hungar
was ready for mailing earlier than B.
varian varieties, which speaks for tn
earliness Of the variety. Won Prosk
wetz claims for the barley pedlgre
and says that it was selected as a 81
gle plant from some barley which /
knew to be of very old Moravlan OF
gin. Through careful selection, he Ii;
been able to bring it's productivene;
up to 1870 pounds per acre and sho1
en- it's period of growth by over
week. 1t is light straw producer, SUI
ed especially to light or sandy loan
Owing to it's early ripening quallt
it is especially valuable in Hungai
where the hot season occurs the IL
ter part of July, after the Hanna BE-
lev has so far matured as to be lit
influenced by it.
Owing to the heavy yielding car
city, earliness and high grade as
brewing barley, this variety is dr1Vl
out all other sorts in Austria, and
cry year large quantities of seed gra
are imported into Hungary
Farmers can secure the seed IT
Of charge by applying to T. R. Hot
Carson CITY. Nevada
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