186 ARID AGRICULTURE. 



Analyses made at the South Dakota Experi- 

 ment Station shows a composition resembling 

 that of barley. The spring spelt should yield 

 from twenty-five to seventy-five bushels threshed 

 grain per acre. A new spelt has been introduced 

 and is being increased and improved, by breed- 

 ing, in Wyoming. This is called Black Winter 

 Emmer and differs from the ordinary spelt in its 

 season of growth, color, hardiness and yielding 

 quality. It is a winter grain of great import- 

 ance, as winter grains are more valuable to the 

 dry farmer. 



In Dakota it has been found that spelt fed 

 EMMER- to steers produced as good quality of meat as 



corn. It took one and one-fourth pounds of 

 spelt to equal one pound of corn in steer feeding. 

 In feeding beef during a grass period, however, 

 it took only 5.16 pounds of spelt for one pound 

 of gain and at the same time it took 7.03 pounds 

 of corn for one pound of gain. With baby beef 

 feeding it took 1.84 pounds of spelt to 1.69 

 pounds corn, to produce one pound of gain. 



In my own experiments with lamb feeding 

 in Colorado a high value was shown for spelt. 

 The lambs eating spelt consumed more of both 

 grain and alfalfa hay than those which were fed 

 corn. 



The following tables give a brief statement 

 of the results : 



