The Rural Voice, 2005-05, Page 29protein and fibre for both cattle and
pigs.
When he first began using triticale,
he made some flour to make bread.
Despite its high percentage of
protein, he was unable to market it
properly at the time, so Hemingway
continues to grow the grain for
livestock feed.
Although he was able to sell
some of the flour, he didn't
have the time to market it,
though he felt the health food stores
would have gone for it. Triticale, he
said, is good for making breads and
for other baking because of its higher
percentage of protein. It's also lower
in the gluten found in wheat and
which some people are unable to eat.
Some seven -grain and 12 -grain
varieties of flour and breads have
triticale in them.
Although products made with
triticale are hard to find, even at
health food stores, Hemingway said
the Arva Flour Mill used to carry
natural triticale.
Hemingway said some health food
stores may still carry triticale flour
and/or other products. He noted one
slice of bread made from triticale is
as filling as four slices of bread made
from whole wheat.
"Triticale yields well," he stated.
"I've averaged about one -and -a -half
tonnes per acre," he said, adding
some years have been higher and
some years have been lower.
The straw of triticale is a lot taller
than that of wheat. Last year was an
unusual season; the plant was about
six -feet tall. Usually, the winter
variety grows to about shoulder
height with the heads of the crop up.
When they fold over, it is about chest
high.
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"The spring variety is slightly taller
than barley," he said. "It stands up
very well.
Hemingway said because it is a
hardier grain than wheat, it can
usually withstand strong winds.
He uses the straw as bedding for
the cattle and pigs.
"I don't know what it is about the
bedding, but the cattle eat most of the
straw," he said. "There's just
something about it they like."
He added animals usually eat a
quarter of the straw used as bedding.
"I am always surprised when it
comes to the yield," he said. "The
cattle seem to like it."
Although he had 34 of his 100)
acres planted in triticale last year. he
only planted 25 acres of the winter
variety in the fall, all he can fit into
his rotation, he said.
"1 am satisfied with the results...
said Hemingway. "Any problem,
that resulted were my fault, either
planting too late or too early."
Most of the seed stock is produced
in western Canada and that is from
where he orders his winter variety .0
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