EXPERIMENTS WITH EMMER, SPELT, AND EINKORN. 
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DEPTH-OF-SEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 
Depth-of -seeding experiments with Black Winter (C. I. 2337) 
emmer were conducted at the Nephi substation, Nephi, Utah, in 
1914 and 1915. The yields, as shown in Table 56, are about the same 
for l|-inch and 3-inch seedings, although averaging slightly higher 
for the shallower seeding. 
Table 56. — Yields of Black Winter emmer in depth-of-seeding experiments at Nephi, 
Utah, in 1914 and 1915. 
Depth of seeding. 
Yields per acre (pounds). 
1914 
1915 
Average. 
- 
1,722 
1,680 
1,548 
1,652 
1,660 
1,261 
1,687 
1,670 
1,405 
3 inches 
■6 inches 
METHOD-OF-SEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 
Vernal (White Spring) emmer was sown both broadcast and in 
drills during several seasons at the North Platte substation, North 
Platte, Nebr. The yields, which were reported in Bulletin No. 135 
of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station (54) , are shown in 
Table 57. The drilled emmer produced an average of 1,400 pounds 
of grain per acre in comparison with 1,043 pounds per acre when 
sown broadcast. 
Table 57. 
Yields of Vernal emmer in method-of-seeding experiments, at North Platte, 
Nebr., in four years from 1908 to 1912 (1911 omitted). 
[Data compiled from Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 135 (54).) 
Method of seeding. 
Yields per acre (pounds). 
1908 
1909 1910 
1912 
Aver- 
age. 
Broadcast 
1,848 
2,104 
880 i 688 
1,624 984 
756 
888 
1,043 
1,400 
DriUed 
SUMMARY. 
Emmer has been grown to a considerable extent in the United 
States during the past 25 years, and spelt has been grown on small 
acreages. Einkorn is not grown commercially in this country. 
Emmer, spelt, and einkorn are species of wheat the kernels of which 
remain inclosed in the glumes after threshing. As ordinarily threshed 
the grain weighs about 32 pounds to the bushel. 
Emmer and einkorn have been known since prehistoric times, and 
spelt has been grown for more than 200 years. 
Emmer and spelt are grown principally in Russia, Germany, and 
the United States. Most of the crop reported in this country con- 
sists of emmer. South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska are 
the three leading States in the production of emmer. 
Emmer, as threshed with the kernels remaining in the glumes, has 
a composition similar to that of oats and a feeding value somewhat 
lower than that of barley. 
