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It will be seen from the foreg-oing table that all the varieties of 

 Emmer have given decidedly better results than the best varieties of 

 Spelt which we have grown. In the co-operative experiments through- 

 out Ontario in 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904, Emmer produced a larger 

 average yield of grain per acre than the best variety of oats or the 

 best variety of barley which was distributed. It is quite probable that 

 the Emmer will be grown considerably throughout Ontario for the 

 production of good, clean straw and a large yield of grain, to be used 

 as a food for live stock. For feeding purposes, the grain and the sur- 

 rounding chaff are usually ground together in the same manner as oats 

 are ground into meal. 



Sowing Emmer and Spelt on Different Dates. Both Emmer 

 and Spelt were sown on eight different dates in the spring of 1903, and 

 again in the spring of 1904, starting on April 2nd in 1903 and on April 

 22nd in 1904, and finishing on May 21st in 1903 and on June loth in 

 1904, and allowing one week between each two dates of seeding. The 

 average results of the experiment for two years are presented in tabu- 

 lated form. 



Dates of Seeding. 



1st. 

 2nd 

 3rd 

 4th 

 5th 

 6th 

 7th 

 8th 



Average results for two years. 



Lbs. per 

 measured busheL 



Spelt. 



28.0 

 26.1 

 25.6 

 24.4 

 23.9 

 23.2 

 22.1 

 24.1 



Emmer. 



38.3 

 38.0 

 38.0 

 37.6 

 37.6 

 37.2 

 36.8 

 35.5 



Tons of straw 

 per acre. 



Spelt. 



1.8 

 1.5 

 1.7 

 1.6 

 1.6 

 1.7 

 1 5 

 1.6 



Emmer. 



2.1 

 2.1 

 1.9 

 2.1 

 2.2 

 2.4 

 2.8 

 2.1 



Lbs. of grain 

 per acre. 



Spelt. 



2,393 

 1,993 

 1,829 

 1,354 

 1,277 

 1,010 

 795 

 577 



Emmer. 



2,058 

 3,038 

 2,827 

 3,010 

 3,094 

 2,836 

 2,782 

 2,332 



The average results of the experiment in sowing Emmer and Spelt 

 in 1903 and 1904, on the average dates of April 12th, April 19th, April 

 26th, May 3rd, May loth, May 17th, May 24th, and May 31st, show 

 that decidedly the best yield of Spelt was obtained from the first seed- 

 ing; while there was but little difference in the yield per acre of the 

 Emmer sown on the ist, 2nd, 4th, and 5th dates. The figures indicate 

 the great importance of sowing Spelt as early in the spring as the land 

 is warm and dry enough to work to good advantage. In the case of 

 Emmer, however, comparatively late seeding gives about as good re- 

 sults as the seeding which takes place at an eariy date. The figures 

 of this report, as well as those in the report of the varieties of Emmer 

 and Spelt given previously, show very forcibly the superiority of the 

 Emmer over the Spelt as a grain producer in this section of the Prov- 

 ince. 



