The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-08-05

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ly considerably lower. Most farmers
raise oats more because they have to
thnn because they think there Is any
money In It. II handled rightly. how
ever. oats can be made money crop
One OF the most important points IN
oat growing is the selection Of seed
that is adapted TO the locality Oats
are cool weather crop The hot
| midsummer weather OF the corn belt
IL one Of the chief factors causing low
Oat yields. When the hot weather
strikes the oats they blight and rust
badly. Many times they crinkle down
and do not ill well
Advantage Of Early Varieties.
The only way this can be avoided IN
the corn belt is 10 SOW early varieties.
These ripen before the hottest weather
comes and escape many Of the trou
bles that affect later oats Early va
rieties are much less susceptible TO
rust than late ones are. The selection
Of rust proof varieties is the only way
If combating this disease. since. un
like smut, II cannot be prevented by
treating the seed.
Experiments at the Iowa experiment
station show nine bushels more to the
acre In favor OF early varieties The
average OF twtIss -y-- oxaariments
II the Nebraska station gave the early
oats fourteen bushels to the acre ad
vantage In good oat years that Is,
those with cool SUMMERTIME differ
ence Is not so marked In such sea
sons the late oats yielded seven bush
els to the acre less than the early
while the medium oats yielded little
more In bad oat years-and In the
corn belt four years out Of five are bad
from the oats standpoint-the early va
rietles yielded twenty-one bushels to
the acre more than the late and thlr
teen bushels more than the medium.
The medium varieties are more con
yenleDt. as they do not crowd in on
haying and corn plowing like the early
ones do The use Of improved hayine
machinery is shortening the time re
lured for putting up the hay crop
however. The advantage Of early oats
In yield will IN most cases more than
make up for the disadvantage OF hav
ing the work crowded during the first
half Of July
Early oats have another advantage
In that they give the clover a bet
ter chance Where the oats are not
got of the ground until the last of
Iuly and dry weather follows, as II
so often does. the clover makes little
growth and is often killed out entire
ly With the adoption Of systematic
rotation clover win nearly always be
seeded with oats so that this is point
that cannot be ignored.
II is not advisable to ship IN oats
from distance TO seed the entire |
field Often you can get good early |
seed from a neighbor at little more
ihan market price. II there are no
'arly oats In your community you can
,end away for few bushels Of new
variety and plant them IN corner Of
be field by themselves. II they give
rood satisfaction enough seed can be
'aved from them TO seed the entire
ield the next season. In the northern
art OF the United States and In Can
ida. where the summers are cool, late
'ariciies can be prontably grown. In
'uch localities they give greater
Iield and a larger. pluinper oat-
Preparing the Seed.
After the seed has been procured the
iext step Is 10 get II into shape to
ow This means d liberal use OF the
aiming min A large per cent OF the
ats sown are shoseled from the bin
irectly into the seeder Most farm
rs who do fan their oats simply run
hem through once 10 blow out the
ticks and dirt and siere out the weed
ecd II pays well tc run the oats
through the mill two or three times
0 blow out all the llGsit seed The
work can be done IN winter when
here is little else 10 do The light
ats that are blown out are Just as
God for feed as the others. and the
eaYy ones that are left are worth sev.
raj times as much for seed. In ex.
eriments carried on TO show the com
aratire value of light and heavy oats
he iirhs seed Yielded forty-saven bush.
ts TO the acre. the meuInm ufry.rour
nd the heavy sirtytwo The differ
nee msy not be this great every time.
Ut II VII always he great enough 70
ay well for the labor of tanning
here il an objection 10 using the
eavy oats for secd 10 that they tend
} become little later each year This
on be avoided by introducing some |
ew seed OF an eariy variety every I
rw years Directions for breeding
ecd oats Will be giycn IN article !.
After the oats are cleaned aud grad
. they should be treated for smut
fnut Is black fungus that grows
rom a tiny spcre fhAi lodges beneath /
be- huIl when The cat IL In bloom and {
ae kernel open when the bull closes
se sporr is beld inside until The next
sason. when Il sprouts and sends q I