The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-08-13
WINTER OATS RECOMMENDED
FOR NAM SECTIONS.


N
an Invariably Outgro@ spring Oats -an
.d Often Thrive Better Than Wheat.
4 NICHOLAS SCHMITZ,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
" Station
! Oats require a comparatively DIR.
N &C cool atmosphere for the be-
y growth and development The past
season was comparatively cool and a,
! "a result spring oats made from fail
W tO excellent crops tn most Ill sections
v OF the State Such a season, however
e In Southern Maryland and on the East
N So Shore can not To- expected much
4 oftener than once 1n seven or eight
; years In these sections of the State
the climate i'm IN average season Aim
Coo not and mugT along about wheat
harvesting time for the best develop
ment OF oats or any Of the cereals.
AN A. obvious therefore that in these
sections type or oats that would sue
coed fairly wen every season must be
one maturing before the weather turns
not and muggy. Winter oats will ma
ture much earlier than spring oats,
some varieties being ready to harvest
before wheat And iii i'm for this rea-
non that they almost invariably out
] yield spring oats. The difficulty thus
far with the growing OF winter oats
hAs been tho lack of understanding on
Y the part OF the farmer az to the best
types and when and how to SOW them.
TO difficulty or getting good seed
mas been another factor initiating
against the growing Of this crop,
farmers often getting more cheat than
oats tn the seed they buy, which hRs
In many sections given the erroneous
idea that oats will turn to cheat.
Ihe beet varieties for the Eastern A
Shore and Southern Maryland are viz Y
ginia Gray. also known as Turf, Viz
ginia Turf and Winter Turf. and two
varieties distributed BY the State Ex-
pertinent Station, Culberson and "2O6".
The Virginia Gray is commonly found
CIT IT, market but Eulbers0n and i2D6|
can seldom be secured except through
farmers who may be growing them.
The Culberson and +206- mature 10
days cr more before the Virginia Gray, \:
and since early maturity is so impor-
tant they usually outyield the Virginia
Gray On to other hand, tine past
season has demonstrated thar the viz :
GINA Gray is not quite as susceptible
70 ~inter-killing as the other two.
The kind or oil required and Tn
place IN the rotation should be the !.
same 6 that for wheat The fertilizer
tor winter oats is the same as for n
wheat excepting that ordinarily II !.
should be applied little heavier, to !.
hundred pounds D. acre. and liz sown !:
1n comparatively poor Oh sandy land
he oats should be top dressed early In (
90 spring. the last Of March or the 1.
lrSt Of April. with T5 pounds or nitrate
" soda and 150 pounds OF acid rock !
,er acre. !:
Ths time or seeding should ordi- Z
lar1ly b. about weeks before the ]:
deal time for beginning to seed wheat; !
p other words, they should Be sown 4
he last week 1n September or TIM
rst In October. The Virginia Gray, =
eng little later in maturing. In not =,
n apt 10 joint IT. the fall as Culbereon &
r the "206," and therefore may b s
own much earlier; in fact, II may be <
ometimes soEn the middle of Septem- +
ar, ut the Culberson and -2BB." f
own the middle Of September, are al <
lost certain to be killed The rate 3
seeding should b. from 49, bushels =
} bushels per acre, and the best
Implement for this is the wheat drill; >
! fact, winter oats viii often come .
trough the winter without Einter-kiII- =
lg when sown with the wheat drill
here they would Einter-kin e broad =
lsted nd worked f. with a cult "a
ator or harrow. =
On a soil producing 8 TO 10 barrels
n acre or corn, there should be NO =
hhcultT in growing 81 to ID bushels
winter oats per acre by properly !
rtflizing- As yet there are no va :
cities which $50 hardy enough To 4
AXE the growing or winter oats fair
certain anywhere north and west *
line running from Washington Z
rough Baltimore I'd Elktun. y