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figures were as to wheat especially, and he said it was passing away 
from the States like Minnesota. 
The Cuareman (at 12.35 p. m.). Gentlemen, we will now take a 
recess until 2 o’clock this afternoon. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
The committee reconvened at 2 o’clock p. m., Hon. James W. 
Wadsworth in the chair. 
STATEMENT OF MR. A. F. WOODS—Continued. 
The Cuarrman. Now, Mr. Woods, if you will take up your narra- 
tive where you left off, we will be glad to hear you. 
Mr. Woops. In order to get through with this I am going to bunch 
some problems—— 
The Cuarrman. I think the committee are willing to hear all you 
have to say. While you might be as expeditious as you can, still do 
not cut off any interesting matter for the sake of saving time. . 
Mr. Woops. J have discussed several phases of the cereal work. 
There are several others, including the experiments with proso and 
emmer, which are two grains used more for stock foods and adapted 
to the dry land of the West. We are trying to get as many crops as 
we can find adapted to that dry land, for three-fourths of that land 
will never be irrigated (that much of it can never be irrigated), and so 
we have to have crops that are adapted to that land. It is good agri- 
cultural land, and fine grazing land. Besides the grazing operations, 
there must be stock feed produced there in order to make stock grow- 
ing profitable. Proso and emmer are two of the most valuable stock 
foods and they will grow, like wheat, with about ten inches of water. 
Mr. Brooxs. Are they suitable for food? 
Mr. Woops. Yes; proso and emmer are both used in Russia as 
human foods; they are said to make very nutritious bread. 
Mr. Scorr. What grains that we are familiar with do they most 
resemble? 
Mr. Woops. Emmer is very much like rice and proso looks like oats. 
The Cuarrman. Are they grains that require considerable skill to 
grow? 
Mr. Woops. No; they require no more skill than is required to 
grow wheat or oats. 
Mr. Strrtman. Emmer looks so much like wheat that you would 
hardly notice the difference. 
Mr. Brooxs. Are you doing that in connection with the experiment 
stations in the arid regions? 
Mr. Woops. Yes; all of this work on cereals is being conducted in 
connection with the experiment stations. 
Mr. Brooks. I ask you that because I have been over our experi- 
ment station pretty carefully with that end in view, and I have not 
seen anything of that sort. 
Mr. Woops. What experiment station is that? 
Mr. Brooxs. The one in Colorado. 
Mr. Woops. No; the experiment station in Colorado is not coop- 
erating with us on this cereal work. They are cooperating with us on 
sugar beets. 
