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The first two seasons the oats were sown on fall-plowed land and 

 covered with a disk harrow and twice harrowing. The last season a 

 different tract of land was used and the land was plowed nine days 

 before seeding. The laud was rolled before seeding, and the oats were 

 covered with a disk harrow and a common tooth harrow." A table gives 

 the results for the three years. 



Oats, compact or loose seed bed. — In 1888 oats were sown on three 

 plats, each 2 by 4 rods, as follows : '' In plat 1, the oats were sown in 

 fall-plowed land and lightly covered with a disk harrow; the land 

 was then rolled with a heavy garden roller and afterwards harrowed. 

 Plat 2 was cultivated with a disk harrow before sowing; the oats were 

 covered by disking once and once harrowing. Plat 3 was disked three 

 times before sowing, once afterward, and then harrowed." In 1889 the 

 experiment was repeated as follows: " In plat 1 the oats were sown on 

 fall-jdowed land and were covered by disking once and harrowing 

 twice. In plat 2 the oats were sown on fall-plowed land and were cov- 

 ered by harrowing twice. Plats 3 and 4 were treated as were plats 2 

 and 3 in 1888." In 1890 four plats were used as follows: "In plat 1 

 the oats were sown without previous preparation. In plat 2 the land 

 was disked once before sowing. In plat 3 the land was disked three 

 times before sowing. In plat 4 the land was plowed 4 inches deep just 

 before seeding." The results are given in a table. 



Oats, time of sowing. — " Four adjacent plats, each 2 by 4 rods, were sown 

 broadcast, at intervals of one week, from April 6 to April 27,1888. In 1889 

 seven plats were sown at intervals of one week from March 14 to Ai^ril 

 25. In 1890, twelve plats were sown, two each week, from March 22 to 

 April 28, the duplicate plats being six plats apart. Each season Wel- 

 come oats were sown on fall-plowed land at the rate of 2^ bushels per 

 acre, and were covered by use of a disk harrow and the common tooth 

 harrow." The results for 1890 are given in two tables and compared 

 with those for 1888 and 1889 in a third table. The details of the experi- 

 ments of the first two seasons are given in Bulletin No. 7 of the station 

 (See Exi)eriment Station Record, Vol. I, p. 202). 



Oats, depth of sowiny. — "For three seasons, April 25, 1888, March 28, 

 1889, and April 16, 1890, sixty selected berries of Welcome oats were 

 sown in each of twelve rows 10 feet long. The first two rows were cov- 

 ered 1 inch deep and each succeeding two rows 1 inch deeper, row^s 11 

 and 12 being covered 6 inches deep. In 1890, as in 1889, an extra row 

 was sown at each side so that the twelve rows in the test would be 

 under similar conditions." For details of the experiment in 1888 and 

 1889 see Bulletin Ko. 7 of the station (Experiment Station Record, Vol. 

 I, p. 202). Results for 1890 are given in one table and compared with 

 those for 1888 and 1889 in another. 



Oats, effect of sowiny with spring tchent. — In 1889 and 1890 nine plats, 

 2 by 4 rods each, were sown with Welcome oats and Saskatchewan 

 Fife spring wheat. The results are given in three tables. 



