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states, prices are invariably high enough to insure good profits 

 from any reasonable yield. 



SMALL grains 



Wheat: One plot of Koffoid and two plots each of Turkey 

 Red and Kubanka were planted in the fall of 1910, but failed to 

 reach maturity. Other plantings, in the spring of 1913, failed be- 

 cause of drought. In the fall of 1914, three plots of Turkey Red 

 and two of Marquis were planted on dates ranging from August 

 25 to November 15. The latest planting was winter killed but the 

 remainder matured. It is interesting to note that biggest yields 

 were produced from earliest seedings, and that yields consistently 

 diminished with the lateness of planting. See Table XXX. 



TABLE XXX. VARIETY TEST OE WHEAT, SNOWFLAKE DRY-FARM 



Barley: One plot of barley planted in 1915 reached full size, but 

 the grains were blasted by smut. See Table XXXI. 



Emmer: In the fall of 1910, a plot of emmer was seeded, but 

 failed to reach maturity. Black Winter Emmer, sown in the fall 

 of 1914, yielded at the rate of 560 pounds of grain per acre. 



Oats: Two plots of black oats, one from Utah and the other 

 a strain grown locally for several years, were planted in the fall of 

 1914 and spring of 1915 respectively. The former was badly winter 

 killed and yielded 128 pounds of grain per acre and 160 pounds of 

 straw. The local variety, planted in spring, produced at tlie rate 

 of 768 pounds of grain per acre. 



