Buckbee seed and plant guide : 1905 . le use of emmer is for stock feed-ing, the general method being to chop with corn or oats. The hulls being rather harder thanoats, it is best to grind or chop this grain before feeding. For best results it should be sown asearly in spring as possible. It seems to succeed equally well on all soils except rich bottomlands, or those with a tendency to wetness. On ordinary upland clay or gravel, and on poor,light sands it outyields all other cereals. It withstands drouth better than any other will eat Emmer straw up clean before they will touch

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Buckbee seed and plant guide : 1905 . le use of emmer is for stock feed-ing, the general method being to chop with corn or oats. The hulls being rather harder thanoats, it is best to grind or chop this grain before feeding. For best results it should be sown asearly in spring as possible. It seems to succeed equally well on all soils except rich bottomlands, or those with a tendency to wetness. On ordinary upland clay or gravel, and on poor,light sands it outyields all other cereals. It withstands drouth better than any other will eat Emmer straw up clean before they will touch any other. Some seedsmen advisesowing 3 bushels per acre. Dont do it; 7 to 8 peeks is the limit. It stools freely. There is nostandard weight for this grain. The grain in hull generally weighs about 40 pounds per bushel,and we sell it at that weight. My own growth, choicest northern grown, pedigree stock seed. Price, postpaid, pkt. 5c.; lb3 lb. 60c. By express or freight at buyers expense, % bu. 25c.; % bu. 40c; % bu. 70c; bu. % 25c;

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