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ARID AGRICULTURE. 



HULLESS 

 BARLEYS 



VARIETIES 



FOR 



BREWING 



There are several bearded hulless barleys 

 which are valuable grain. The principal one is 

 the blue or purple hulless. This barley is very 

 heavy and at St. Louis a sample from Wyoming 

 weighed sixty-seven pounds per bushel, being the 

 heaviest grain on exhibition from any part of 

 the world. The most generally grown hulless 

 barley is the "Bald" or "Beardless barley." This 

 is a six-row grain with the beards aborted into a 

 curl or three-cornered scale on the top of the 

 grain. The principal objection to this barley is 

 that the heads are carried on very weak straw, 

 and if allowed to get too ripe there is considera- 

 ble loss by their breaking off in the field or in 

 handling. Another objection to all of the hulless 

 barleys is their hardness. The grains are so 

 compact and hard that it is almost impossible for 

 animals, even with good chewing teeth, to grind 

 them, and to feed successfully they must be 

 either cooked, soaked or ground 



The best brewing barleys we have grown at 

 high altitudes and in the northern district of irri- 

 gated America, are the two-row types, "Gold- 

 thorpe/ 7 "Chevalier," and "Hanna," One of 

 the six-row types is "Mansury." There are 

 many others now being made by breeding and 

 selection, especially some valuable new sorts 

 from Sweden, but they are not on the market and 

 available so the farmer can get the seed. 



