Gunnison news-champion., 1910-12-30
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or ar,a sosl, saa - wonderf.ll, pro
ls6e thai II ~tll yield from ~ ~ lesD
bssheis per acre. IL " ssssaded ss
. bslssee ration for alfalfa. and hot
ssnce the discovery of thai reusArk :
able plant has such aa smportsnt
asrscsltassl discovery bssn unade
Scsestlhc agricultural osrnsls .
throughout the eountry eagerly ase
sendsas for saiormat'oa.
The erass was brouSht to sts pres
ert perfect state on the Woriand
farm. an the Bag Hors basin, wyom-
tsS This farm is IN itself a unique
institution. Ii was established by q
Grosp of wealthy a9riculi9rlsts and
iarmers ior the psrPes- Of conduct
sae experimeDts IN gram, particular
" " develop grams thai were bess
adapted TO the ARID lands of the west
Lpther Barbank, the wizard oi
srult and flowers, who did as much
10 make California famous as her
stream oi gold; Ora Haley, the mil
honaire Wyoming stockman, Cover
nor b b. Brooks Of Wyomine. aud
Dr. Y. i Cooke, the state director
ol dry farming ia Wyoming, are
directors Of the iarm Ii covers 800
acres aud is owned by the Wyoming
Plant aud Seed Breeding company
Professor Baifam was selected 30
manage the farm, and he is recoeR-
ICED as the foremost grain expert IN
the country. First at the expert
ment station at Fort Collins. and
then at the government experiment
station at Laramie, Wyo., be con
Quoted experiments with the Russian
spelt For four years, since he took
charge OF the iarm. he has been
working ON the gram.
Although the particular value of
the improved winter emmer is as a
substitute for corn for sheep and
cattle, and for oais fed TO horses, 1T
is said 10 make AN excellent break
fast food. Ii has been pronounced
lar superior to cracked wheat.
Corn cannot be obtained where
the nights are cool. Ii is also ex-
pensive. Improved winter emmer
is 80 prolific that il will become the
cheapest Of all grains The Russian
spelt is famous as a grain which
will grow anywhere and in any
weather But the grain itself is too
small for practical purposes, being
not much larger than mustard seed
The improved emlner retain the
color and the hardy quality of spelt
and the size and richness OF wheat
Regarding his discovery Professor
Buffum says:
The first season we grew i'm
proved emmer at Worland, the win
Ter was very dry, there being DO
moisture or snow until the middle
Of March Last winter was the
coldest and most severe ever know n
in this region, and 80 far as we could
observe, not a plant OF the winter
emmer were killed Our last crop
gave a wonderful yield under the
conditions 1t was grown ON land
which had been salt sage soil, and
which had produced two previous
crops of barley and spring spelt,
having had field peas planted with
the grain the second year, but the
peas made no crop. The emmer was
seeded at the rate of 80 to 40 pounds
of seed per acre, to make as much
increase as possible. There were
breaks in our canal, and the emmer
was irrigated twice on one part of
the field and three times on the other
part this season The average yield
as the grain came from the thresher
was 60 bushels per acre There
were parts of the held which doubt
less yielded twice this average
MANY who visited our farm while the
grain was ripening pronounced 1t
the most beautiful gram in field they
had ever seen.
The crop yielded 69.l bushels on
10 acres under adverse conditions,
and the crop was planted tins fall
Tor the purpose of distribution
among the farmers Of the west.
Field aud Farm:-A horse that