CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT THE AKRON FIELD STATION. 31 
rior to varieties already in field plats it was discarded. The few 
that have been worthy of field tests are included in Table XX. 
Figure 10 shows a view of the barley nursery in 1912. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH MINOR CEREALS. 
RYE. 
Winter rye has been grown in field plats for two years on the 
Akron Field Station. The average yield in the two years was 26.1 
bushels per acre. This is much below the wheat yields in the same 
years. The blooming of the flowers at a time when dry, hot winds 
are common causes a partial sterility of the heads and a resultant 
reduction in yield. At present rye is not grown as a grain crop, 
but as a catch crop for forage. 
EMMER. 
Winter emmer has been sown each of the eight years, 1908 to 
1915, inclusive. The crops of 1909 and 1915 were failures. The 
Fig. 10.—Barley nursery at the Akron Field Station in 1912. 
highest yield, 29.5 bushels, was produced in 1908. The 8-year aver- 
age yield of Black Winter emmer (C. I. No. 2337) is 14.2 bushels 
per acre. Good stands are usually obtained, but a high percentage 
of winterkilling occurs, and low yields result. Winter emmer can 
not be recommended for this district. 
White Spring emmer (C. I. No. 1524) has given fair yields in each 
of the eight years it has been grown. The lowest yield, 11.1 bush- 
els, was produced in 1910, and the highest yield, 69 bushels, in 1915. 
The average acre yield has been 30.3 bushels. Spring emmer is 
therefore a fair producer, but it has not been a close competitor of 
either wheat or barley. 
