Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-15

all sections of Arkansas.
Must Seed Early.

If oats are seeded early enough to
permit them to start to jointing be-
fore heavy frosts they will be sub
ject to winter killing. If oats in
southern Arkansas are seeded later
than November 1; or if oats in north
ern Arkansas are seeded later than
October 20, they are not likely to be-
come we'll enough established before
cold weather to prevent their being
heaved and bulged from the ground by
the heavy freezes in the winter. Oats
must be seeded sufficiently early to
allow them to establish good root sys-
tens. There is still time to seed fall
oats but this seeding must be done in
Il The ETA farmers as W Of Ged ia realized that
sowing oats broadca and then plow-
ing them in was not Eafe. The Geor-
gia experiment station, therefore, de-
vised the open furrow method where
by with four-inch bull-tongue they
opened burrows about eight inches
apart and planted oats in these fur
rows with their fertilizer distribu
tors. This method placed the oats
down in 2 little furrow where they
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freezing out in the winter time. To-.
day we have more valuable machin-
cry, the grain drill, with which win
ter oats may be successfully seeded
without danger of being winter kill
ed. Frosts at the Arkansas expert
ment station show that the grain drill
is the best means for seeding oats
and protecting them from winter kill
ing.
Turf Oats the Best.
For northern Arkansas nothing but
the winter turf OATS some times called
Virginia Turf, or Snoma, can be con-
sidered safe for fall planting. Dur
ing some winters the Red Rust Proof
and other varieties OF red oats will
come through in satisfactory man
ner but the chances are too great to
risk any variety of red oats. In south
Arkansas the Red Rust Proof and the
Fulghum have given very satlsfac-
tory results and can be considered as
safe varieties for winter planting. In
south Arkansas they are preferable
to the Winter Turf. At the SCOTS
school farm last winter the turf vari-
eties and the Culberson were the only
varieties. The Culberson
is a strain of oats originating in Ten
nessee and one that has given splen-
did satisfaction and is very popular
among the farmers of portions Of Ten
nessee. Seed of this variety are very
scarce and therefore 1t is not gen.
orally urged.
Winter oats are far too important
to be left out Of the cropping sys-
tenn of Arkansas farmers. Thousands
of people have grown spring oats but
their yields would be much increased
if they would use winter varieties and
seed them at the proper time. In an
average Of six years test of spring
oats at the Arkansas experiment sta
ton lacked SIX bushels per acre pro-
ducing as much as did the winter
varieties. Do not fail to put in few
acres of winter oats while there is
still time to get them in. They not
only protect the soil during winter
time furnish pasture for live stock,
but they also make good yields Of for
age and. grain and help carry the !
stock through the early hummer sea-
son. All agricultural forces are unit
ed in their strong belief in the value
of winter-sown oats, provided the
above precautions are observed.