EXPERIMENTS WITH EMMER, SPELT, AND EINKORN. 5 
Statistics on emmer and spelt in the United States were not obtained 
previous to 1909. The acreage of emmer and spelt, according to the 
figures of the United States Census, decreased from 573,622 acres in 
1909 to 166,829 acres in 1919. Owing to a difference in the method: 
of obtaining these data in 1909 and 1919, however, it is possible 
that the actual decrease is slightly less. The States having the 
Fig. 1.— Outline map of the United States, showing the distribution of emmer in 1909 according to the 
United States census. Area, 573,622 acres. Each dot represents 100 acres or less per county. 
largest areas of emmer and spelt, with the acreage grown in 1919, 
were South Dakota, 79,688 acres; North Dakota, 49,662 acres; 
Nebraska, 11.251 acres; Minnesota, 8,895 acres; and Colorado, 3,701 
acres. The acreage and production of emmer and spelt in the 13 
leading States in 1909 and 1919 are shown in Table 1. 
Table 1. — Acreage and production of emmer and spelt in the 13 States leading in the 
production of these grains and in the United States inJ909 and 1919 
[Data from the United States Census reports. Production calculated at 40 pounds per bushel.] 
State. 
Area grown (acres). 
Production (bushels). 
1909 
1919 
1909 
1919 
South Dakota 
259,611 
101,144 
65,681 
30,891 
15, 523 
6,742 
6,090 
1,308 
4,624 
1,521 
7,256 
49,969 
8,659 
14,603 
79,688 
49,662 
11,251 
8, 895 
3, 701 
2,674 
2,290 
2,125 
1,453 
942 
839 
291 
214 
2,804 
6,098,982 
2,564,732 
1,221,975 
757,339 
324,713 
1.54, 103 
166, 301 
39,830 
44,316 
35,677 
139, 839 
785, 362 
94, 580 
274, 961 
1,451,018 
North Dakota 
513, 865 
Nebraska 
160, 485 
178, 008 
Colorado 
52, 832 
51,353 
Wisconsin 
50, 495 
Montana 
13, 838 
Texas 
43, 040 
Wyoming 
6,452 
Iowa 
18, 125 
Kansas 
4,574 
3,701 
Other States 
60,082 
United States 
573,622 
.166,829 
12,702,710 
2,607,868 
