Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-11-11
soa PRINTING
CITY PRICES
WINTER OATS REcoMMENoEo
FOR MANY SECTIONS.
Invariably outorow spring Data and
often Thrive Better Than Wheat.
NICHOLAS scHMITZ.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment


NICHOLAS scHMITZ.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Oats require n comparatively dry
and cool atmosphere for the best
growth and development. The past
season was comparatively cool and as
q result spring oats made from fair
TO excellent crops IN most all sections
OF the State. Such season. however.
In Southern Maryland and on the East.
ern Shore can not be expected much
oftener than once IN seven or eight
years. In these sections Of the State
the climate in an average season is
too hot and muggy along about wheat
harvesting time for the best develop.
ment OF oats or any OF the cereals
IL is obvious therefore that in these
sections type Of oats that would sue
eeed fairly wen every season must be
one maturing before the weather turns
hot and muggy. Winter oats will ma
ture much earlier than spring oats.
some varieties being ready TO harvest
before wheat. And II is for this rea.
son that they almost invariably out.
yield spring oats. The difficulty thus
far with the growing OF winter oats
has been the lack OF understanding on
the part OF the farmer as TO the best
types and when and how TO SOW them
The difficulty OF getting good seed
has been another factor initiating
against the growing Of this crop.
farmers often getting more cheat than
oats in the seed they buy. which has
IN many sections given the erroneous
idea that oats will turn 10 cheat.
The best varieties for the Eastern
Shore and Southern Maryland are Vir.
ginia Gray. also known as Turf. vir
glnia Turf and Winter Turf. and two
varieties. distributed by the State Ex.
pertinent Station. CulbersOn and "206"
The Virginia Gray ia commonly found
on the market but Culberson and "206"
can seldom be secured except through
farmers who may be growing them
The Culberson and "20s" mature 10
days or more before the Virginia Gray.
and since early maturity is so imp0r
tant they usually outyield the Virginia
Gray. On the other hand. the past
ginia Gray is not quite as susceptible
10 winter-killlng as the other two.
The kind of soil required and the
place In the rotation should be the
same as that for wheat The fertilizer
for winter oats is the same as for
wheat. excepting that ordinarily Il
should be applied little heavier, 3 90
I hundred pounds per acre, and IL Bown
on comparatively poor or sandy land
the oats should be top dressed early I'm
the spring. the last Of March or the
first Of April. with rs pounds Of nitrate
Of soda and $50 pounds OF acid rock
per acre.
The time OF seeding should ordi-
nariiy be about 2 weeks before the
ideal time for beginning 20 seed wheat:
in other words, they should be sown
the last week in September or the
first I'm October. The Virginia Gray.
being "A little later in maturing. IN not
~ apt 10 joint I'm the fall as Culberson
or the 900" and therefore may be
sown much earlier: in fact. It may be
sometimes sown the middle Of Septem-
ber. but tho CuibersOn and "206." u
sown the middle OF September. are al
most certain TO be killed The rate
OF seeding should be from IIk bushels
TO bushels per acre. and the best
implement for this Is the wheat drill
In fact. winter oats will often come
through the winter without winter-kill.
inR when ROwn with the wheat drill,
where they would winter XIII II broad.
casted and worked in with a cult.
yator or harrow.
ON a soil producing 8 TO 10 barrels
per acre OF corn, there should be no
difficulty In growing 35 10 80 bushels
OF winter oats per acre by properly
fertilizing. As yet there are no va
rieties which are hardy enough 10
make the growing Of winter oats fair
ly certain anywhere north and west
of line running from Washington
through baltimore TO Elkton.