The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-09-07
SOWING OATS IN
OPEN BURROWS

From the number of letters received
asking for detailed Information In regard
to sowing fall oats and particularly
about sowing in open burrows, am
satisfied that considerable degree Of
interest has been aroused in the subject
Of oat culture in general, ana the open
furrow' system IL particular. 1t Will
not be amisS, therefore, to repeat what
has already more than once been pub
lishei on the subject. TO this cid
cannot do a better service than TO quote
from Bulletin 40. Al, prepared ly myself
and published by the Georgia experiment
station il, September, 1899, as follows:
ION the station farm we have found,
even when the drills were laid one and
half or two feet apart, using a com
mon scooter blow, or better, q single
Tow fertilizer end seed distributor-that
oats So sown always produce a larger
yield than whom sown broadcast ana
narrowed in But q much more impor
tant discovery is the fact hat when the
seed are sown in open burrows and bare
ly covered. leaving the burrows open or
untitled, tho oat plants are very much
less liable to be killed by n severe freeze.
The idea was conceived several years
ago. and annually since we have san
The larger portion ef the fall sown oats
in burrows IS to u inches apart. latterly
Using a CAN'T fertilizer distributor. This
sows but one row at time, has no
covering attachment. but simply opens
2 small furow ard sOws the seed, the
single wheel following in the furrow ana
barely covering the seed. The result il
the plants come up one and a half to
two inches below the general surface.
and the Crown of each plant Is formed
and established say two to two and
half inches below the general surface
The winter rains. light freezes ana
thaws gradually bat only partly. iil III
the open furrow; and the more VITA! ana
sensitive parts Of the plants are left Al
the original depth. below the reach 90
even very severe freezes
eTha long anticipated freeze a last
came and our theory was put 10 cru
cia1 test. On February $, 1899, me ller-
,,7on;efor- sank to Is degrees, fpllo"ed on
successive mornings by readings OF -
,,d = degrees. ON the 10Th It was down
"a II degrees and on the morning %
the 18th 1t stood at I degrees peio" He.'
no ooldes, dav since February s. $50
-rha result was that fall sOwn oats ana
r,,,,,ar,- soyn oats were pretty genefatl|
,leetroyes everywhere. But our open fur
row drilled oats, excepting two acres
stood the test lelils.i - 49,, 10 t,eh-
though seriously
els per acre. .
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