VARIETIES OF OATS 29; 



NEBRASKA. 



Kbbrson Oats. — Introduced into Nebraska in 1897 from the Kherson govern- 

 ment of Kussia. Panicles spreading ; grain light yellow; small, but numerous, and 

 having a very thin hulL The growth is %igorous, but not rank, the culm being very 

 short ; leaves very broad. In weight per bushel and yield per acre, this variety has 

 led all others at this station. On account of its habit of growth the oat is reported 

 to be peculiarly adapted to central and western Nebraska. A three years* test indi- 

 cates that it is earlier, yields better, and, excepting the Texas Red, weighs heavier 

 than any other \-ariety. At this station it has proved itself the superior of Texas 

 Red in yield per acre. It is reported as having remarkable drought-resisting quali- 

 ties. In an experiment in 1902, in which Swedish Select lodged so badly as to 

 niake it impossible to determine yield, Kherson oats, though partly lodged, vielded 

 forty-two bushels per acre. Sixty Day, also from Russia, although not lodged, 

 partly shelled, and yielded only thirty bushels per acre. 1 



390. Crossing. — The indications are that oats are nearly 

 always self -fertilized. Artificial cross-fertilization is most suc- 

 cessfully accomplished on cool, moist days.^ No Amsncar 

 cross-bred variety of oats has as yet been widely disuibrj^d- 



J Neb. BuL 82 (1904). 

 « £. S. R. XIV, p. 2i6w 



