The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-01-25
ALErTER FROM Banner
Writes Upon the Subject Of Oats,
the Preparation Of the Ground,
Amount to Sow, Etc.


ern Texas, especially il the
early moisture conditions are
favorable. If the ground is not
filed with deep moisture by seed
ing time, or before, the adyisa-
bility Of sowing oats is question
able. Oats IL an early growing
crop, it's root growth and stool
ing must take place during cold
weather. and under favorable
moisture conditions. If this
crop is not well started before
warm weather comes on, il does
not stand a good chance Of maxi
ing a large yield.
PREPARATION or GROUND
Oats, like most other crops, re.
quire good tillage. Fall blowing
give best results. it is enough
better than spring prep aration
to Justify all oat ground being
prepared al that time. Ground
that has been plowed deeply the
year before and has been kept in
a good state Of cultivation may
be fairly well prepared by double
discing. n the ground cannot
be prepared for considerable
time before sowing blowing 10
not advisable unless done very
shallow and ia this case the
disc harrow will DO equally az
we'll Deep blowing for oats.
just before sowing time, will not
be firm enough unless packed IN
some way.
WHEN AND HOW TO SOW
III the weather conditions are
favorable. oats should be- sowed
in February, lor Northwestern
Texas conditions. One great
trouble with0ais. so FAR, has,been
that they were 3owed too late on
poorly prepared ground.
All oats should be sowed with
o press drill Experiments and
demonstrations show that drilled
oats often yield from EIGHT TO
ter bushels more per acre than
those that have been broadcast
ed Less seed is required in
and a better stand Is in.
sIrcd
SEED
Oats seed runs ont" that ia,
90 gets poorer and poorer unless
special care ls taken Go s0H only
Che BEST OrI,uat. a.n ran
seed should uot be- s0Wcd until
after being run through "a fan-
ming mall or grain grader Only
the plump. weIiHiicd seed should
NJ used By doing this every
year. The seed viii improve iu.
stead of RAINING 0ut and the
yield will continue to become
better.
Every farmer who desires TO
RAISE oats should get started
with good seed and then use the
tanning mill TO keep it good.
Seed grown near home is best.
VARIETY AND AMOUNT TO SOW
Texas Red Rust Prfof Oats
ana Ferguson's Red Rust Proof .
Oats are best for our conditions.
Owing to the fact that oats stool .
q great deal in this section. /
much less seed is required per .
acre than under eastern and
conditions. In our
demonstration work in 1911. one
bushel of good. pure, we'll 4
cleaned seed per acre was found
TO be sufficient. On one dem
onstration field. all prepared
alike. part was sowed at the
rate of four pecks per acre and
the remainder at the rate of five
pecks. The part sowed with
four pecks yielded "a bushels
per acre while that sowed with
live pecks yielded but % bushels
per acre.
TREATMENT FOR SMUT
Oats are very often damaged
by the same smut" that affects
wheat. The same treatment as
for wheat will largely prevent
i. The "Formalin Treatment"
Is as follows:
Secure 40 per lcent solution
Of formnlin az a reliable drug
store. Mix a one pound bottle
Df il with 40 gallons of water.
Thoroughly moisten all oats by
sprinkllng or dipping. Sprink-
ling and.shoveling at the same
lime is recommended. After