The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27

1ured made forty bushels to the acre.
OF the two acres so planted that were
badly killed. the rows were laid east and
west: of all the other sections the rows
were laid north and south; thus develop
ing another significant fact, that the ideal
direction would be northeast and south
west. I'm order to protect the plants by
means of the wall of earth, against the
northwest wind.
I'm order to make more sure of the cor
rectness of the preconceived theory that
the open burrows would secure the oats
from fatal freezing. on two one-acre sec
tions that were sown in open furrows
running east and west. on every 9leernate
tenth acre the burrows were filed up flush
by running over them with a clod crush
er and smoother. The result was that
the oats on these alternate tenths were
almost entirely destroyed, not one plant
In ten surviving the severe freeze, and
the plots were resown with spring oats
But the other tenths. of which the fur
rows Were LETT open. although severely
injured. produced forty bushels of grain
per acre. or more than half of the ex-
pected full crop"
In further confirmation Of the effective
ness of the method of sowing I'm open fur
rows ! may add that another severe test
of Its merits occurred last February,
when the thermometer feIl as low as Il
degrees on the evening of the nth d.
Erees on the morning of the 18th. followed
by 70 degrees on the morning of the l9;h
The result was quite destructive to the
oat crop generally. but on the station
farm the open-furrowed oats were entire
ly uninjured. not one plant I'm a hundred
being killed and these were observed to
stand In places where the burrows were
not open: while on a few check plots al
ternating with the open furrow plots fully
one-third to one-half the plants were kill
ed and the final yield OF these was from
one-third to one-half less than the yield
from the open furrow plots.
A good many farmers followed the ad
vice given In bulletin No. A with tho re-
suit that their fall sown oats escaped the
freeze and made good yields of grain.
When To Sow.
My long experience confirms the convic-
tion that from September 18th To Decem-
ber lst covers the entire period during
which oats should be sown in the cotton
bet. In the extreme northern portion,
say I'm north Georgia and Tennessee and
corresponding ATTITUDES east and west. sow
ing may commence I'm September and
continue until October 18th. In middle
Georgia from October 18th To November
18th. Still further south II may be done
as late as December 1st and possibly
r.
pertinent or Griffin I would SOW from Oc
tober 18th to November 1st. but both
earlier and later sowings have given good
success.
Fertilizers for Oats.
The oat crop Will bear heavy fcrtilizing
and also requires a large percentage Of
nitrogcn-almost as much as wheat The
following IS the formula We recommend:
Acid phosphate. Il per cent Cat time
of sowinc). e. o.. q. .@Vn IDS.
Muriate Of potash Cat time Of sow
inEl ~ IDS.
Cotton meal (at time or sowing. 80 lbs.
Nitrate of soda (spring top dress
ins).. '.'. 80 '"S.
Appler Seed Oats for Sale.
In last weeks issue stated that the
station would sell several hundred husn-
els OF these celebrated oats" but either
the printer or I left out the heading,
"Appler oats" So I again cali the at
tention OF the farmers to tho fact that
Appcr seed oats, grown on the station
farm, can he had al co cents per bushel
r. O. D.. Griffin. Any farmer who wishes
to get any seed can send the amount Of
money I'm tho form Of postofiicc order
(on Griffin postofficel. Address Georgia
Experiment Station. Experiment. Ca
II. j. II.