Experiment Station. In view of the fact that farmers in the north are 

 anxious to know the value of speltz as a stock feed, we here give the 

 results of the South Dakota trials. 



Feeding Speltz to Sheep 



"It required 5.09 pounds of barley as compared to 7.47 pounds of 

 speltz to produce a pound of gain. In Bulletin No. 80, results are 

 reported in feeding it to lambs as compared to eight other different grain 

 rations. In this experiment it required 7.2 pounds when fed whole and 

 8.3 pounds when ground as compared to 5.3 pounds of corn to produce 

 a pound of gain." 



Feeding Dairy Cows 



"It required two pounds more of speltz to produce a pound of butter 

 fat than it did barley or corn, other conditions being equal. The cows 

 made a gain in weight of eighteen pounds per head during the period. 

 They consumed one-third more of speltz per head daily than did 

 the lots receiving barley or corn. Speltz proved to be a good feed for 

 the dairy cow." 



Fattening Range Lambs 



"Speltz was fed as a single grain, and mixed with corn, barley and 

 wheat, half and half by weight to four different lots. The record of the 

 lot fed on speltz in this test confirms the results obtained by feeding this 

 grain in former experiments, that it requires from one to two pounds 

 more to produce a pound of gain than with the other grains." 



"The lot fed a mixture of speltz and barley, half and half by weight, 

 made a larger gain for feed consumed than the average of the gain made 

 by the two lots fed on barley and speltz. This was also true for lot nine 

 where corn was mixed with speltz in the same proportion as above, but 

 with both lots it required more pounds of the mixture to produce a 

 pound of gain than it did with either lots fed on barley or corn, which 

 indicates that speltz has a greater feeding value for lambs when mixed 

 with other grains than when fed alone." 



Feeding Baby Beef 



"The lot fattened on speltz made an average daily gain of 1.69 

 pounds, while the lot fattened on corn made an average daily gain of 1.84 

 pounds. 



"During the grass period, the lot fed on speltz gained 112 pounds more 

 than did the lot fed on corn. It required only 5.16 pounds of speltz for a 

 pound of gain, as compared with 7.03 pounds of corn to produce a pound 

 of gain, during the grass period. 



"The lot fed on speltz did not consume as much hay per pound of gain 

 as did other lots, indicating that the husk of speltz is a good substitute 

 for hay. 



