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uncovered by rain than some other grains when the crop 

 has been harrowed in. 



The seed may be put in with best advantage to the 

 depth of, say, 2% to 3 inches, but there may be some 

 necessity for modification in order to meet the needs of 

 different soils and weather conditions. 



Speltz does not stool so abundantly as some other 

 cereals. This fact, linked with the large size of the seed, 

 calls for heavier seeding than in the case of some other 

 cereals. Not less than 5 pecks should be sown per acre 

 on average soils. 



Care of the crop. The crop should be harrowed 

 much the same as other cereals. What was said with 

 reference to harrowing wheat will apply about equally 

 to the harvesting of speltz. 



Harvesting. Speltz should be harvested while the 

 stems, except below the head and near the ground, have 

 not yet assumed a decidedly yellowish tint. The hazard 

 from loss in harvesting comes from the breaking of the 

 heads of over-ripe grain. The binder is used in harvesting 

 the crop and the grain is generally cured in the round 

 shock. It is threshed in the ordinary way. The yields 

 run all the way from, say, 10 to 70 bushels per acre, with 

 an average somewhere between 25 and 35 bushels. 



GROWING PEAS 



This crop will have an important mission in the semi- 

 arid country when its merits shall have become generally 

 known in the same. But its adaptation is by no means 

 equal for all parts of this area. It will grow much bet- 

 ter on the loam soils of the cool and elevated plateaus 

 than on the silty soils of the hot valleys, in the absence 

 of irrigation. It will be grown for the grain, for forage, 

 for swine pasture and for fertilization. 



Soils. Loam soils, mild and moist, have high adap- 

 tation for peas, but they will also give good returns in 



