The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-23
HE oAT CROP.
faci' aud Figures showing the Extent
aud Value of Thi. Farm Product.

iacis aud Figures showing the Extent
aud Value of Thi. Farm Product.
The ont crop {. an important crop in
this country. That II 1881 wi, the
largest In area - well rs in total prod.
net ever grown. The number OF acres
in 1883 was q little more than 2D.OuO..
nOO and in 1881 over 2i.OOO.O 900 of
acres, and the product in bushels was
in 1881 5il,3O2, 100, and in 1881 5s3.-
62S,0o0 The price in 1883 was nearly
cent greater per bushel than in 1881.
The total bushels Of oat. grown /.
about onc.third that Of corn. and the
total value Of the oat crop last year was
SlGl, OOO. UUu.
In Michigan the State report give,
the crop for 1855 at js7,Sli acres and
le.2ll,iS2 bushels, aud the Department
of Agriculture gives tho crup for 1881
as I3' ,S6i acres and 5000, 900 bush
els, an average OF 30 bushels per aero
and a value II nearly so per acre
This is nj course a low value of product
per acre, but IL may be- remembered
that the ont crop Is the least costly
grain crop to raise and that the yaIir
n tho straw when properly cared for !,
a large addition 10 the value II the crop
10 the iuriucr.
The january crop report showed that
the cost OF oats per bushcl averaged for
the State 2i.i cents and the nyrrnr,
price was 20. % cents per bn.hel. The
value vt straw was deducted from thi.
When that wa. added there would le
shown Il profit, rs the value II an mere
Of oat straw properly cured Is AZ least
-.
This value. too, is the average for tho
State. The cost Is obtained from rpod
iarmcr,, while the product is the aver.
agc When we'll cultivated the ron i
much larger than the average. and there.
fore the cost per pushed less and the
profit greater.
The oat crop Is also q VERY surp crop
aud grows on all soils. In most case.
u follows corn or potatoes preparatory
To- seeding with grass or followed by
wheat II is generally considered to be-
an cNhausting crop to the soil. but Il
that IS true Il Is a good crop to feed and
return the fcrtiliying element. To- IA,
soil again On light soil, il /, a rood
crop To seed with Il the season !. not toc
dry, but on rich soils oats grow "a
strung that they are liable to "lodge''
and smother the Young clover.
uats grow best aud producr IN,
heaviest grain IN moist. cool climate.
In such regions well north tho prair
frequently weighs fifty pounds To- "A,
measured bushcl The weight grow,
less farther south and generally m,
weld. until below forty degrees latl,ud,
they cease 10 be a paying crop. Whrr
.cei Is brought from far north and sow
in a warmer ami dryer climate N,
weight quickly decreases anl in A few
YEAR declines to the standard Of thirty
two pounds per hushel or less.
In growing oats they should b. SOW,
As early a. the soil viii admit. I'm
like some spring crops. they arr no
injured by cold and u~nseasonahl,
weather after sowing. and II this wealth
or is not long cont nuCd unly seems to d.
a benefit rather than an injury. while 4
sown late they arr liable to reach ma
turity In a druuth or bc injured bv rus,
In view OF the reasonable certainty OF
crop the easc Of growing and the ,alu
IT both grain aud straw. oats NAV b
considered a guud crop to raise in hi
State -Dcirvn Post