The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-03-28

FIG. vII--GoOD AND POOR STACKS.
raise oats more because they have to
than because they think there is any
money in It. II handled rightly how
ever. oats can be made Il money crop
One of the most important points in
oat growing is the selection of seed
are a cool weather crop The hot
midsummer weather Of the corn belt
Is 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 fill we'll
Advantage Of Early Varieties.
The only way this can be avoided IN
the corn belt is to SOW early varieties
These rfpen 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
Of combating this disease. since. un
like smut. it cannot be prevented bs
treating the seed.
Experiments ut the Iowa experiment
station show nine bushels more to the
acre in favor OF early varieties The
average Of twelve years experiments
at the Nebraska station gave the early
oats fourteen bushels to the acre ad
vantage. In good oat ycarstiiat is.
those with cool summer the 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
rieties yielded twenty-one bushels to
the acre more than the late and thir,
teen bushels more than the medium.
The medium varieties are more con
venient. as they do not crowd in on
haying and corn plowing like the early
ones do The use of improved hayins
machinery is shortening the time re
quired for putting up tho 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 bet
ter chance Where the oats are not
got off the ground until the last of
July and dry weather follows. us ii
SO often does. the clover makes little
growth and is often killed out entire
ly. With the adoption of Il systematic
rotation clover will nearly always be
seeded with oats. so that this is a point
that cannot be ignored
1t is not advisable to ship in oats
from distance to seed the entire
field. Often you can get COED early
seed from neighbor ut little more
| than market price If there are nc
early oats in your community you can
send away for few bushels of new
| variety and plant them in corner OF
| the field by themselves IT they give
good satisfaction enough seed can be
saved from them to seed The entire
| field the ney. season. In the northern
| part Of the United States and in Can
ada, where the summers are cool. late
varieties can be protitably grown, II
| such localities they give greater
| yield and a larger pluml"r oat.
Preparing the Seed.
After the seed has been procured the
| next step is to get it into shape t.
SOW. This means a liberal use OF tht
tanning mill A large per cent of the
oats sown are shoveled from the biz
directly into the seeder Most farm
| ers who do fan their oats simply rur
them through once to blow out thu
sticks and dirt and sieve out the weef
seed. II pays well to run the oats
through the mill two .r three time.
to blow out all the lis,ht seed The
work can he done in winter whel
there is little else to do The li@h
| oats ttat are blown out are Just q:
good for feed rs the others. ::nd tll'
heavy ones that are left are worth ser
eral times as much for seed In ex
periments carried on TO show the com
| narrative value Of light and heavy cat
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