Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19
FAVORS WINTER EMMER
Brought Forth by Professor of
 Wyoming University.
Proved to Be Greatest Drought esist Ing Grain Vet Discovered-Yield of Seventy-Five Bushels to
 Acre Not Unusual.

The development of the arid regions
 in recent years. Dry land" farming.
 or scientific farming, has made giant
 strides through the assistance of our
 government and state institutions.
 Volumes have been written on this
 subject and patient. enduring home
 steaders have suffered hardships in
 testing out new iceas and principles
 in dry farming"
 A few years ago professor in a
 Wyoming university broke away from
 his school ties and determined to solve,
 If possible. the problem of dry farm
 ing" or farming without irrigation.
 writes H. F. Frey in the Great Divide.
 His experiments brought forth several
 very hardy grains, but one grain in
 particular proved to be a wonder He named it winter emmer.
 This grain has been found growing
 wild on the hills around Palestine. one
 of the driest sections on earth. Pro lessor Buffum became interested and sent for small amount of seed. lie planted this seed on his experiment
 farm in the Big Horn basin. From a
 peck of planted seed only seventy-five heads grew and matured. This he carefully piched and repiautei. From these original seyenty-five heads in a few years thousands of bushels of the grain was grown in Wyoming and Col orado
 This winter emmer has proved to be the greatest drought-resisting grain yet discovered Seventy-fve bushels
 to an acre without irrigation is noth- ing unusual. The average yield on dry land is more than forty bushels to the acre. Under irrigation authentic yields of i5O bushels to the acre have been grown.
 The farmers who raised 1t were en- thusiastic in it's praise It proved to be a valuable stock food Sheep, horses and hogs did very well on it. It has been declared to be equal to corn.
 But, owing to the fact that it was en- tirely new and only a few farmers were familiar with 1t, those who raised | 1t found no ready market. This was
 overcome by company which. after [ three years of experimenting, built a | factory for manufacturing it into ! breakfast food and various other prod. uCts. This has created good market where the farmers get si50 a hun | dred for the grain.
 | One nf hn rrfnni.,a1 nEFag4fr-1 n | this grain has been the stiff black : beard. which makes it bad to handle. ! The boards in threshing, get in the | machinery and screens and cause con. ! siderable annoyance. And then. also | they get in the hired mans shirt. itch ! ing and scratching and sometimes com i pei him to change his shirt before re ] tiring.
 This objection has also been over | come by the Wizard of the West. | the Burbank of the Grains" Prof B | C. Buffum. who has bred the boards of. and VIC now have what is known as Buffums Black Beardless Winter
 Emmer. This grain retains all the
 hardy qualities of its bearded parent but is far more pleasant to handle. Several thousand acres of this grain ] is now growing in this state and Wy
 oming. under contract of so much a | hundred pounds
 i One farmer at Bennett. Colo. where | he had raised successful crops Of win | ter emmer. states that it is an ideal
 crop for dry farmers" in that it gives them a winter grain that is superior
 to oats or barley and can be far more | successfully raised.