Bulletin No.
071
Document Type
Bulletin
Department
Department of Agriculture and Soil Physics
Description
The grain commonly called Speltz in this state, the two grained Spelt wheat; known in Germany as Emmer (Triticum dioccum), is becoming quite generally grown throughout this State and this Station has received many inquiries concerning its food value. Contrary to the popular belief, this grain is no new discovery or development, but is one of the oldest known cereals, probably having been grown in Egypt, Greece and the Roman Empire from the earliest time. It is now mainly grown in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Spain, on land too poor or at altitudes too great for the profitable raising of common wheat. The following is a description of this grain, taken from Bulletin No. 69, of this Station, Shepard and Saunders.
Keywords
sheep, lambs, fattening sheep, speltz wheat, emmer wheat, barley
Pages
20
Publication Date
2-1901
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
U. S. Experiment Station of South Dakota, South Dakota Agricultural College
Recommended Citation
Chilcott, E.C. and Thornber, W.T., "Speltz vs. Barley - A Comparison of the Food Value of Speltz and Barley as a Single Grain Ration for Fattening Sheep" (1901). Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011). 71.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_bulletins/71
Comments
Department of Agriculture