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Canada, as a result of five years' tests, that Daubeney oats and 

 Chancellor peas yielded 5.9 tons of green fodder in seventy 

 days ; Siberian oats and Prussian Blue peas 6.9 tons in sevent}-- 

 seven days ; and Mammoth Cluster oats and Prince Albert peas 

 6.1 tons in eight}'-four days from time of seeding. Two bushels 

 of Siberian oats and one bushel of Prussian Blue peas are 

 recommended for the production of either green fodder or dry 

 fodder.^ Hays found both in North Dakota and Minnesota that 

 oats and field peas sown separately produced a better yield of 

 grain than a mixture.^ 



406. Oats and Rape. — By sowing one pound of rape seed 

 with six pecks of oats the Iowa Station produced sixty bushels 

 of oats, while in October the rape produced eighteen tons of 

 green substance per acre." In order to avoid interference with 

 har\-esting oats, rape should be sown two to three weeks later 

 than the oats. The rape may be pastured or plowed under as 

 green manure. 



" There is no doubt but that the first step in the economical use of phosphates 

 is to imitate nature and endeavor to keep the soil well supplied •with organic 

 matter ; for it is only by such means that the phosphates contained in the soil 

 naturally and those appUed artificially can be fully utilized by the cultivated crops. 



" It is very evident from all the tests cited that some crops, particularly the 

 turnip family, have a greater ability than others to use crude or insoluble phosphates, 

 and these experiments would certainly teach that the aim should be to employ such 

 crops for rendering insoluble phosphates a\-ailable, and by such a practice save 

 much that is now being spent for sulphuric acid and the cost of manufacturing the 

 soluble phosphates." •* 



407 Treatment of Seed. — All seed oats should be treated 

 for loose smut. (415) The same methods may be employed 

 that are recommended for stinking smut on wheat, the formalin 

 treatment being the most commonly used. (149) The solution 



1 Ont. Agr. Col. and Expt. Farms Rpt. 1901, p. 99. 



2 No. Dak. Bui. 10 (1S93), p. 44, and Minn. Bui. 20 (1S92), p. 35 



* lo^fta Bui. 45 (1900), p. 216. 



• H. T. Patterson, in article on Phosphates, Penn. State Dept. of Agr. BuL Qau 



