CEREALS AT THE AKRON FIELD STATION 49 
Rye has yielded less than winter wheat but more than spring wheat. 
However, it is hardier and more certain than winter wheat, especially 
on the more sandy soils of this section, and can be sown later. The 
real place for rye in the district in which the station is located is 
_ apparently as a pasture and hay crop. Asa pasture crop it now holds 
first place among sown crops. Table 29 shows the yields of the 
varieties of rye grown from 1914 to 1922, inclusive. 
TaBLE 29.—Yields of winter and of spring rye and emmer grown at the Akron Field 
Station during all or part of the 15-year period, 1908-1922, inclusive } 
Acre yield (bushels) 
Crop and Chl: | | | Average 
variety No. | | | 
1908 1909)1910)1911}1912)1913)1914/1915/1916|1917|1918) 1920 |1921) 1922 
| 
1908 | 1914 1920 
to | to | to 
| | 1922 2 | 19222 |1922 
Winter rye: | | | | 
Gmisapnnt | | 
Wintens5 |e 230\525 PLease es |e 25 Ol2 7H 212104 1799 Rata loedil554 | emlGlies << Sisl7a17)140.9 
GSC Tews | ee See Bar ho oes | eee | Ee Seo HEee| Sees Bee Seas eonaPOrss Oe O) ile Wig eee 19. 6 
Spring rye: | | | | 
Gaviancery) sik 28-2 [eer ay aie ees al eis ne elo odes 2 | ee i ee es eo Os Olan oy 2G earns eee ones 7) 
Winter emmer: | | | | 
Blanc sk: | | | | 
VVALIUG OLS | LSS (il dare ee eaees | DAI I eseres tl Ag Oli. 6 | One | ee | | | ee | ees aa | Se |e |e sec [eee 
Buffum | | | | 
Improved) 3331|____|___- eer eer el | Say AGRA SONS | ees eae ia 2 ar |e ahh IEA | lesa a |b- Seat fare a aE 
Spring emmer: | | | | 
Vernal ; | | 
(White | | | | | 
Spring) -_| 1524|26. 2 37. 7/31. 0/20. 3/38. 1/15. 9)20. 6/70. 0/13. 6/14. 2) 4.6) 42.5! 6.3 Omi 25: 0} 22. 619.3 
Khapli———- A013 eles ce EE Pie re arn eee aac i ee P71) 166 nae 
1 Grown mostly on fallow previous to 1917; in 1917 and succeeding years duplicate plats were grown on 
fallow and on cornland. Norye or emmer was sown in the fall of 1918. Yields of rye computed at 56 pounds 
to the bushel and of emmer .at 32 pounds. 
21919 excepted. 
3 One plat grown on fallow, none on cornland. 
SPRING RYE 
Only one variety of spring rye has been grown at Akron. Seed was 
obtained in 1920 from a farmer in the vicinity of the station and the 
variety has been called ‘‘ Vance,” after him, as the varietal name was 
unknown. ‘The variety has not yielded so well as winter rye or spring 
wheat and has little to recommend it as a grain crop in this district. 
As a pasture crop it might prove of value for seeding where winter 
rye has failed. The yields obtained are shown in Table 29. 
WINTER EMMER 
Winter emmer has been grown in both plat and nursery experi- 
ments. Black Winter (C. I. No. 2337) was grown in plats in 1908, 
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914. Buffum Improved Black Winter 
(C. I. No. 3331), very similar to Black Winter emmer, was grown in 
plats in 1913 and 1914. Winter emmer has produced very low yields, 
as it lacked hardiness, and since 1914 has not been grown in the 
experiments. Owing to its lack of winter hardiness and its low 
market and feeding value, winter emmer has nothing to recommend 
it for extensive growing in this district. 
