Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-10-15
FALL PLANTING OF OATS.

farmer who can possibly do 50
shoald plant a few acres IN oats
this fall Fall planting . -urer
and more profitable than spring
planting. During the last ten
years oats planted in the fall At
this Station have yielded. on the
average. about one-third more
per acre than spring planted oats
In some eases the yield was
double.
II the time vii viii permit,
good preparations will pay well.
In one Of our experiments where
the land Was thoroughly broken
and narrowed. ~s obtained seven
bushels per acre more than where
the oats we're disced in on pea
.tubols- The plsts ere on land
that would ordinarily produce
f-2 70 81 Of s bale Of cotton per
acre. IL one - pushed for time
then pus the oats in the quickesS
way.
Not less than two bushels Of
oats per acre should be planted,
and three bushels VII give a big
ger yield A grain driIl should
De used for putting the seed in Il
possible. The increase in the
yield Of cats from twenty acres
for three years viii pay for one
of the drills. In 1911 the yield
from q plat planted with q drill
vas double that obtained from a
plat planted broadcast by hand
and covered with . disc harrow.
The winter freezes Kill more OF
the oats that are brusdcassed by
hand than thoee planted with 4
drill For fall planting the Tex
~ Red Rust Proof Is decidedly the
best variety to plant in this sec
6ou- For spring planting the
Burx ost h1s given - letter re-
sula.
Right now while there - plenty
OF moisture il the soil il the tine
% plant However. II planting
cannot &c done now, IL can De
done any tine between cow and
October 18th. We have planted
zs late a. November fst. \ ngu-
Der Of tines and secured good
stands bur Septsnber - mgch
s- the plants become bet
ter rooted before cold weather
and can therefore stand TIE free
.e= better
Oats planted On johnson grass
= n profitable crop In
1913 We obtained +S.1 bushels Of
1aEs per acre and then cut > 10
.0as Of Johnsoo grass hay per
lcrs from land heavily infested
with Johnson grass This year
ne obtained - bushels Of cats
and nave / L. tons Of hay n the
present time This cat crop vas
planted the l5sh Of last Noven-
DER. In ydGinon ., the above.
nkrnr ths cat sgraS vAs o~led- th>
weights sn.wed = yield OF ous
ton per acre Experiments SHOW
thaf when oat straw l. fed % cat
tie getting ensIlage and cotton
seed neal the results Are lust As
good n when the cattle get en-
sIlz-e, eottonseed meal. johnson
grass hay Lands capable OF
producing bale OF cotton per
acre should yield around 80 bush
els Of oats per acre under normal
conditions. Our expense for
growing oats on the above John
son grass land was Is cents a
ousheI- This figures in every ex
pe1se even TO the rent Of the land
Just as II 4 man would rsnt !
farm, buy the seed. and then hirs
ali of the work done.
The value Of An cat crop plant
ed in the fall - more than the
grain and the straw obtained
The winter grazing frou the eros
= quite an item When the eruE
Il planted On sandy soils, a greai
deal more grazing can be had
than when the crop - on the sui
er soils. however. there Will b.
times when these sitter soils vii
De dry suough for stuck 10 Craze
The grazing OF oats when ths
land il not vet i beneficial to th.
crop Il causes the plants u
make n stronger root system anc
to stool or tilIer oat. severa
plants coming from the roots o
one, and thus thickens the stand
The results obtained at this Sta.
uon show that fall planted oats i
the cheapest grain crop that ear
De grown.
j. R. Kicks,
Station Agrononist