The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-22

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bin ana shovel out the oats as they
come, good and bad alike.
1t pays to import northern grown
seed in those communities where the
native seed runs out rapidly, although
just how often this is necessary has
rot been determined. In some place;
1t needs to be done every other year.
The preparation of the ground has
lJnuch to do with the yield of oats. In
most cases 1t Is not practical to plow
the land, although at some places this
has been found profitable. Oats usu-
ally follow corn, and that being the
case. a double diskins Of the ground
should be sufficient, especially il the
seed Is then put in with disk drill
instead of broadcasting and harrow.
ing it In. The general practice is to
broadcast with an endgate seeder on
top of unprepared land, then disk or
cultivate with a corn cultivator and
smooth down With a spike tooth hsr.
row. This is not as good practice as
drilling, according to recent results
at various stations.
Increases in yield of from : 70
bushels per acre have been made by
drilling instead of broadcasting. These
increases are due, probably, to better
termination and stronger plants
which We're produced by putting the
seed down to fine moist earth and
place where the root system could he.
come more thoroughly devAIoped
The earlier oats can be seeded. the
better, because the plant makes its
best growth and stools best during
cool, moist weather. For this reason
early seeding and the use of early
maturing varieties is recommended.
Rust is one of the worst enemies
OF oats in this state. The only known
means of checking it is by the use of
a rust-ressting variety like the Texas
Red Rust Proof
Next to rust, stands the cat smut
as an enemy to the crop. This is al.
most too well known to need descrip
zion. In some cases the smut starts
TO work so early that he head never
appears at all, and the disease is not
detected.
This trouble can be controlled quite
easily. and the loss reduced to a yerv
small per cent. The method of con.
troll is by the use of the forma!in
treatment.
Mix one pound Of commercial for.
malin, 40 per cent strong, with forty
or fifty gallons Of water. After the
seed oats have been thoroughly fan.
ned, spread them out on a clean floor
and sprinkle them with the solution
until damp enough to pack in the |
hand. Turn them with a shovel until
they are all dampened. Then shovel
them into pile and cover with some |
odd sacks or carpets for two or three.
hours. The oats should then be scat.
tered and turned from time to time
until dry. As soon as dry, the oats
are ready for seeding at once. or may
tie left for weeks before they are
used
This solution Is very poisonous in
considerable quantities, but as recon.
mended is very weak. It will not in.
jure the hands and is prefec1,y safe
to handle.
. General recognition of these factors
influencing the yield of oats will aid
in placing the production Of oats in
this state on paying basis.
Some men this year drove cut to
the fence corner to get a rusty cult.
vator and fix 1t up before starting into
the corn blowing. The corn, some of
1t, was ready and waiting. TIN ~ |;