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BULLETIN 1197, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
RESULTS AT ROSTHERN, SASKATCHEWAN. 
Experiments with emmer at the Rosthern Experimental Farm have 
been recorded in the annual report of the Dominion Experimental 
Farms for 1915 (39). 
In that year Vernal emmer produced only 2,680 pounds per acre 
in comparison with 3,980 pounds of barley and 3,645 pounds of oats. 
Emmer is not well adapted to the conditions at Rosthern. 
RESULTS AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA. 
Yields of emmer on nonirrigated land at the Lethbridge Experi- 
mental Farm have been reported for three years in the annual reports 
of the Dominion Experimental Farms (39). Buffum Black Winter 
emmer was able to survive one winter, but yielded only 1,0S0 pounds 
per acre. Vernal emmer produced an average yield of only 1,643 
pounds per acre, in comparison with 2,247 pounds of Swedish Cheva- 
lier barley and 2,487 pounds of Banner oats. The annual yields 
are shown in Table 40. 
Table 40. — Yields of two varieties of emmer and one variety each of spelt, barley, and 
oats grown on nonirrigated land at Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1908, 1909, and 1912. 
[Data compiled from reports of the Dominion Experimental Farms {39).] 
Crop and variety. 
Yields per acre (pounds). 
1908 
1909 
1912 
Average. 
Emmer: 
Buffum Black Winter 
1,080 
1,320 
Vernal ( W hire Spring) 
2, 230 
2.230 
2. 100 
2, 900 
1,380 
1,643 
Spelt: 
Red.. 
Barley: 
Swedish Chevalier 
2,660 
1, 920 
1,980 
' 2.640 
2, 247 
Oats: 
Banner 
2,487 
RESULTS AT LACOMBE, ALBERTA. 
Yields of two varieties each of emmer and spelt grown at Lacombe. 
Alberta, have been published in the reports of the Dominion Experi- 
mental Farms (39). These are shown in Table 41. Red spelt 
produced a 4-year average yield of 2,445 pounds per acre, or about 
30 per cent more than Vernal emmer. Mansfield barley and Banner 
oats both yielded considerably more than any of the varieties of 
emmer and spelt. 
Table 41. — Yields of two varieties each of emmer and spelt and one variety each of barley 
and oats grown at Lacombe, Alberta, in the 4-year period from 1907 to 1910, inclusive. 
[Data compiled from reports of the Dominion Experimental Farms (39).} 
Crop and variety. 
Yields per acre (pounds). 
1907 
1908 
1909 1910 
Average. 
Emmer: 
Vernal (White Spring) 
Red 
1.200 
540 
1.020 
S40 
3.300 
3,150 
2.400 
1.140 2,700 
1,860 
Spelt: 
Red 
White - . 
3, ISO 
1.560 | 4,020 
i 
2, 445 
Barley: 
Mansfield '. 
Oats: 
Banner 
3, 000 
3,030 
1.3S0 ! 3.030 
1.570 2,670 
:.67S 
2,613 
