Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-03


the present gait, it will begin to look
as tho Charley Millers doctors trust"
is not all in his eye. The people favor
square deal as far as physicians and
those not in the union are concerned.
Preparation of Seed Oats for Planting.
by Prof. NJ. L. Bowman, Iowa State
College, Ames, Iowa]
1t is by no means an uncommon thing
even in Iowa to find that the oats used
for seed purposes were taken directly
from the oat bin without any special
care or attention being given before
they We're sown. Every Iowa farmer
certainly appreciates the fact that
small or light and immature seed can
by no means be expected to produce as
strong and vigorous plants as will the
large, plump grains. This has been so
thoroughly demonstrated, and requiring
as it does so little amount of time to
properly prepare the seed that no one
can be excused for not giving this
matter his most careful attention. In
considering the proper preparation of
seed oats for planting, it will be taken
up under two headings.
First The benefits derived from fan
ming and grading the seed are indeed
very marked. BY so doing. the light,
chahy grains, which are much less val
liable for seed purposes, will be re-
moved. Likewise, the weed seed may be
/ eliminated. This is an especially i'm
portant factor in some localities where
weeds such as mustard and others
common to our oat crop are so plenti-
/ full. Again, not only will the weed seeds
and light, inferior seed oats be re-
moved. but the large plump oat grains
may be separated from the smaller
ones. This is all important. The last
couple of seasons have not been favor
able for oats; resulting in a large
amount of light grains. Especially has
this been true with those varieties
which are not so well adapted to our
conditions. In general, we find that the
early oats have been much better yield
ers than have the late oats. In ali
cases, however we find even in desir-
able seasons that all the grains are not
/ equally plump or equally large. but on
careful examination very large part.
in fact 80 to 80 per cent, will be found
10 be either small or not sufficiently
filed. In seasons when the oats run
light in weight, such as last year when
many of them We're weighing from Is
70 "a pounds per bushei, 1t viii be found
that If the oats are thoroughly famed
anu screened IN many instances II VIII
be hard to save more than Is to 20
per cent. The Importance of tanning
and screening oats can not be too for
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SHOWS wherein the large pump grains
llouuceu I4.o per cehl more .,iah Tue
ilecluh slzea pump grains OF the same
NaIis's' M'.i!e Tue sihaii plump grains
ylelded 5S.n per cent less thah me
large "eii-hiieo ones. running thfu
the inachlne once Is seldom suHlclent;
TWO or three times before you VIII be
sausheo that the work is thoroughly
done Many OF the elevators thruont
: the state are cooperating with rhe
farmers IN this important Work.
Treatment for Smut.
Second. Ii will cost about to 10
cents ner acre for treating oats With
formalin for smut Rv large n,,mner
of tests over the state If has heen
fonn5 that IN conservatives haste
there Is a loss of from : IN 10 oer cent
due alone to smut. or in other words
7 the Iowa farmer loses annually frorr
: IN bnshels If oats ner acre duo r.
smut which could have haan e,;rninat.
ed for not 70 excead IN csnts nov aore
NV trea+ine the seed Nth fnrros1,n
Gne nonnd of forrnaldabyda IAn "a,
\ cent, ,n;xed With An ea1,ons os u,te 10,