The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-02

EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS.
Summary Of In-v~.tIgation. Mad. n m.
Illinois Agricultural Experiment. sta.
tion. ~
bulletins 7 and 8 have been issued
from the agricultural experiment sta
ton Of the University Of Illinois. They
contain lie pages-rcports OF expert
ments on the biology OF silagc. oats.
Held and sweet corn. These bulletins will
be sent without charge 4 any one inter
e-ted In farming. Address Agricultural
Experiment Station, Champaign. III.
The following summary Is given Of
the experiments with oats:
4. In 1855 the largest yield was pro-
dnced when the woand oae-half bushels
peracrc was sown; In 1850 when three and
one-half bushels was sown. Both wears
considered the yield was related 70 the
quantity Of seed sown from most 10
least as follows: Three and onc-half,
four, three, two and one-half, two, ono
and onc-half and one.
?. A medium loose secd-bcd gave a
larger yield in both seasons than a com.
pact or very loose seed bed.
3. Almost without exception the
earlier the seeding the larger the yield
and the greater the weight per bushcl.
Oats sown March IA, 1859. yielded one
half more than those sown April 4. and
nearly twice as much as those sown
April IS.
4. Between one and four inches in
depth the differences in yield do not in
dictate with certainty that the depth Of
sowing affected the results.
). In many cases varieties Of oats
under distinct names resemble each
other so closely as TO be practically
identical.
8. Thirty-thrce plats. including va
rietics under thirty names, gave the
rather low average Of forty-one bushels
per acre. The largest yield was fifty
four and the least thirty bushels per
acre.
q. There was an average OF somewhat
less than two pounds N.s4 lbs. Of straw
; for each pound OF grain. The variation
. in the yield Of straw was a little less
! han that OF the grain
:. The following varieties ave thu
largest yields. in the order named
: Giant yellow French, early Dakoti
|. white, improved American, Japan
white bonanza and American banner
, while Canadian black, Virginia winter
! white Belgian. black Tartarian AM
" Texas rust proof gave the poores
| yields.
= 9. All things considered the earle
Z ripening varieties we're probably th
more desirable.
III 10. Neither the length, plumpnes
: nor weight OF berry nor the weight pc
Y bushel appreciably Influenced the yield
=. II. The white varieties we're consid
= erably superior in yield and weight pc
= bushel to tho black and d~un-colored Va
: rieties.
-. The varieties with closed panicl<
yielded somewhat better than those vii
open panicles ..
:, Is The average per cent Of kernel
!, the berries = sown was o9.6 per cen
!. "a ISL ~ cont in the crop. A
u lorrcst in1ivt1uol dtGoronce
= two vsr1celoo wa> ~ Uor cent r. q
~ Ana 1a5 n ~ 90 IHle extre1
6iasronce 6o<uoon tv0 vnr1otIoo uu4
y rake . differences d $4,000. 90 q 3
~ Piled to the annual crop Of the Untt'
= States Differences, apparently Q 2
- yond the control Of the farmer, wou
" make . difference Of eight 20 nine NIL
ions in the annual value Of b crop.
IA. Those varieties which contain
x the higher per cen Of kernel ! n .
m berry in the seed sown contained on
% tho average higher per cent In the CT
and gave the l~argeryields.