The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-02-12
THE DAT CROP.

II may bc little late to announce that
the oat crop rs safe. So far tFehruary
SthD a. the Eject Of the recent cold spell
includinr January 29th and 3oth. Indeed.
the cold Of January I'd. 81. was more
damaging than that of the latter date.
But l asked for reports of the condition
+ az the crop at a time January 3isp, when
the effects of the low temperature were
not - apparent. desiring especially re-
ports from those farmers whose crops had
suffered serious injury. Fortunately, II
( seems that few have had occasion 10 re
port and they are generally favorable.
few extracts are appended
slowed ten acres Of rich bottom land
Ia rust proof oats. October 10Th. with
Hooper grain drill with 100 pounds high
. Erad.. suano per acre. They stood the
freeze %. k Also ten acres of rich land
in wheat November lst TO 10th. applying
/ ~ pounds guano 10 the acre, using the
. drill You ouF ut To see that wheat now.
Also sowsd thirty acres TO Peerless oats,
putting them ia with drill and applying
- pounds uf bone meal 90 the acre.
January II 10 10Th they were bit down To
the ground. but "A little warm rain two
days ago has brought them out %. X.
HaN. ten acres left Tor corn. X. W. Will
Iiams. I.aGranse. Ga
I doubt the eNpediency of relying on
hone meal FOR any plant food except nj
troeeu. How little did YOU leave Tor cot
ton.
Another from northeast Georgia:
Wheat Is All right. App,er oats Sown
October 9Th to 3Jth. drilled and fertil-
ized. not hurt. Thusc sown broadcast ami
uut Ierlilized were oadiy siuged and are
luukiu-, sick 1wO-th.rds Of "A stand may
survive II no further billiards. come TO
down them. "A. Meserne. ChattoOga
county. Georgia
From Athens. Ga: Il sowcd one-half
my farm IN wheat and oats. Sowed Rust
l-roui oairs IN September, Octoncr, Mo-
vsmnyr and December. All are looking
we'll except the last sown in December.
These are not AN killed. but badly in
jured. Wheat looking we'll. l.. FARRELL
Athens Ga"
From Dvn-er. :. C.; Wheat crop ali
right oats are practically safe so FAR.
only small percentage winter killed and
thaJ part was on land that was mostly
clay soIl or in mucn exposed situation.
/ am testing two ways of sowing oats
one plot 81 ground was put in with cot
ton painter in drills about fifteen inches
apart, sowing about TWO bushels of seed
per acre The drills were made with a
small shovel and the seed were not COW
cred except 10y what loose dirt fell i'm.
which left the oats 70 come up considera-
bly, below the surface.
4 got tine stand in Il few days and
am much pleased with the plan So far
as they were entirely unhurt 10y the
freeze. while IN adjoining plot ,only
terrace b.twecn) which was sown broad
east with same quantity and kind of
seed are badly killed in places The va
riety was Texas Rust Proof. and the sow
Ing was about the middle Of October
John +. jolly. Denver. :. g."
NJ Jolly describes the method Of drill
ling Oats in open burrows i'm almost the
very language employed. i'm recommend
ing thar plan ~ sowing oats. in bulletin
No -. October. 1892 az the Georgia ex-
pertinent station. Perhaps ne read the
letter detailing the plans. written by Mr..
Kimbroush. anticipating the appearance
of that bulletin.
From middle Georgia. My oats sown
last If October. some broadcast, others
drilled Each has stood the cold weather
finely. excepting little 'scaldcd. j. NJ.
Head Zabulon. Ga"
Another from middle Georgia: 81 sowed
Texts riist-proof oats about January 18th.
They are coming on all right. Other
farms near me show the same even ON red
Land with orthweStcTu exposure Wheat
IS holding SIS own spendidly. j. i. :.
Nash. I.oxejoy. Ga
other letters were received. but they
we're an - the same favorable tenor as
III, above. and doubtless more will come
ln. bur ton late Tor the issue ia which
this appears.
Th.. purpose uf the Invitation 20 send
reports was especially To note the condi-
iiau under which the oat crop was Sc
riutlslv injured-if injured. In TWO cases.
one in Chattooga county. Georgia, the
other ln Denver. ;. e., broadcast oats
N.r. reported seriously hurt. while the
drilled were uninjured. As stated in
previous article. while the temperature
Wa low enough 10 kill oats the other
conditions were favorable Ia their safety,
tn. ground being rather dry or NJ most
not wet.
From my rather limited observations 1
conclude. that the small grain crops al
the south are i'm promising condition.
To-day Just "A year ago february Sthp the
great freeze commenced. eliminating IN
! r.mp.rature of : degrees below zero on
February 18th. and killing out the oats
81 badly