The Dickinson press., 1905-02-25
Emmer q Good Crop for Western North
Dakota.

Dakota.
{. W. Mott, general emigration agent
of the Northern Pacific, says Of emmer
wrongly called speltz), II CANNOT urge
too strongly all the farmers of North
Dakota to devote at least part of their
ground to the raising Of emmer. Some
urge the objection that there is no market
for it. This may be true at the present
time, but when once its feeding proper.
ties become known there will be a good
demand for it, and in the meantime O
can feed it to your own cattle and mar
ket your grain"
Emmer and speltz are two entirely
different grains, both of them being OF
German and Russian origin. Speltz
proper is still confined principally to
Germany, and is in every way inferior
to emmer, at least as far as this country
is concerned.
There are two varieties, cultivated in
North and South Dakota, both of them
Of Russian origin. One is called Ufa
emmer and the other Yaroslav emmer.
The normal rainfall for the year at the
city of Ufa is 1866 inches, and for the
growing season MAY to September in
c~lusive) 100 inches. The Yaroslay
emmer comes from a region where the
rainfall is 1876 inches, Of which 9 inches
comes during the growing season. The
Ufa emmer has been found better
adapted to North Dakota than any other
variety. The soil around Ufa, from
which this seed comes, is the usual
deep, black loan characteristic of the
Chernozem (black earth) region.
The U. S department of agriculture,
in its report regarding emmer, says
"The results of these experiments have
proved beyond all question that it is a
crop which should be universally grown
to some extent at least, by every NORTH
Dakota farmer living west of the Mis-
souri, river, and farmers east of the
river will consult their own best inter
ests by adopting a similar policy"
MI. Mott has secured many NORTH
Dakota testimonials and among tbe
number are two from Stark county a.
follows:
T. S. Underhill: l cannot tell 70,
much in regard to the acreage of spelt;
this season. Have seen but little. 1t Il
a grand good crop for this country. 1
yields we'll, wen in dry seasons; IS t,
80 bushels is an average crop. TIL
grain is an excellent feed for all kind
Of stock and poultry. When ground
it is especially adapted to young stock
and is also fed to horses. Have fat
tened hogs on it, with good results
The straw makes good feed for cattle
Have not tried it cut green as a fodde
crop, but would consider it all right.
know of no better stock farm cror
unless it be beardless barley.
P. A. Willard: 1t has been somewha
difficult to obtain exact data in ragar'
to the growth Of emmer (speltz) west Q
the Missouri river, but the following
facts have been ascertained: Mrs..Dan'
Bryan of Taylor, N. D., who was seen il
the absence of her husband, says tina
thay have raised speltz for five success
i've years, including 1904, and are yer
much pleased with it as a certain croI
outyielding other grains in the numbe
Of bushels under the same conditions i
dry years. She also says that they hav
usually waited until they had fnishe
seeding other crops before putting thi
in, which has really not given it a
equal chance az to time, but they hav
found it a sure crop, and a good ratio
for bone, muscle and strength for a
kinds of stock. She says, however, tn;
it should be mixed with heavier grain t
make excessive fat in hogs. The
grow we'll on it as a feed, but requir
something like barley, wheat or cor
with it to make lard and bacon. Mr.
Bryan says she doesn't think they hav
fallen below 80 bushels to the acre, an
their crop of speltz at the time of thi
interview Uuly IS. loo4) was lookin
very we'll, although the country in gene
raj at that time needed rain badly.
Arba .Lawhead sowed Is acres {
speltz in the summer of 1908 for tn
first time, and got an average of I
bushels per acre. He sowed 80 acres i
1904, and is much pleased with the r.
suit, as it yielded better than other crop
last year, which was a very dry season
He finds it will Withstand drought n
markably we'll.
c. c. Turner, son of the commissions
of agriculture and labor, sowed on
measured acre in 1903, which yielded
bushels. This was on good land, and
outyielded the other grain that seaso'
which was a dry one.