Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-09-15

tAt. Nlf-GOOD AND FOOR STACKS
Y considerably lower. Most farmers
raise oats more because they have To
than because they think there is any
money I'm Il. II handled rightly. how.
ever oats can be made a money crop.
One 90 the most important points in
Vat growing X the selection OF seed
that Is adapted 10 the locality. Oats
are cool weather crop The hot
midsummer weather OF the corn belt
X one OF the chief factors causing low
cat 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 I'm
the corn belt is Co sow carly varieties.
These rlpen before the hottest weather
comes and escape many VI the trou-
bles that affect iatct oats Early Va.
rietieS are much irSS susceptible 10
rust than late ones ARE The selection
OF rust proof varieties Is the only way
OF combating this disease. since. un-
like smut. il cannot be prevented by
treating the seed
Experiments ut the Iowa experiment
station show niue bushels more to the
acre in favor OF early varieties. The
average OF twelve years experiments
ut the Nebraska station gave the early
oats fourteen bushels TO the acre ad-
vantage. In good cat years-that is,
those with n cool summer-the differ
ence Is not so marked. In such sea-
sons the late oats yielded seven BUSH
els 10 the acre less than the early.
while the medium oats yielded n little
more. In had cat ycars-and I'm the
corn belt four years out or five are bad
from the oats Standpoint-the early va
rieties yielded twenty -onr bushels 10
the acre more than the late aud thlr-
teen bushels more than the medium.
The medium varieties are more con-
venient. aS they do not crowd in on
haying and corn blowing like the early
ones do l'hc use ~ improved hayinS
machinery L. shortening the time re-
quired for putting up the hay crop.
however. The advantage OF early oats
in yield Will iu moSi cases more than
make up iui The disadvantage OF hav-
Ing the wotA crowded during the first
half 81 IUlt
Early "a;s have another advantage
in that ,.rv give the clover n bet
ter chau.v where the oats are not
got on tac round until the last Of
July and as weather follows, as II
SO often dn,>. The clover makes little
growth aud - often klucd ont entire
~ With the adoption OF a systematic
rotation clover viii nearly always be
seeded with oats so that this Is n point
that cannot be ignored
II Is not advisable 10 ship In oats
from distance 10 seed the entire
field. often you can get good early
seed from a neighbor at little moro
than market price. If there are no
early oats I'm your community you can
send away for few bushels Of new
variety and plant them I'm a corner OF
the field by themSel Ces. II they give
good satisfaction enough seed can be
saved from them TO seed the entire
Held the next season. In the northern
part OF the United States and In Can
ada, where the summers are cool. late
varieties can be probably grown. In
such localities they give greater
yield and larger. plumper oat.
Preparing the Seed.
After the seed has been procured the
next step is 90 set IL into shape 10
sow This means a liberal use Of tho
tanning mill \ large per cent OF the
oats sown re shoveled from the bin
directly into the seeder Most farm
ers who do fan their oats simply run
them through once TO blow out the
sticks and dirt and sieve out the weed
seed II pays well to run the oats
through Tn, mill two ct three times
TO blow out all the liCat seed. The
work can be done In winter when
snere Is little else TO do. The light
oats that are blown out are Just as
good for feed as the others. and the
heavy ones that are left are worth sew
eral times as much for seed. In ex-
periments carried on TO show the COM
parative value Of light and heavy oats
the light seed yielded forty-seven bush