OATS 



105 



In a four-years test at the Maine Experiment Station the 

 variety Lincoln made the most straw, and Kherson the 

 least. The climate is generally well adapted for the oat 

 crop, but outside of Ontario very little experimental work 

 has been done for oat improvement until very recently. 



FIG. 32. Swedish Select oats at Shortsville, New York. 



The states and provinces of chief production are Ontario, 

 New York, Quebec, and Pennsylvania (Fig. 32). 



Principal varieties now grown or adapted : 



Abundance 



Banner 



Big Four 



Cluster 



Clydesdale 



Daubeney 



Needs of the district : 

 Strength of straw 

 Earliness in northern localities 



Lincoln 



Long White Tatar 



Ligovo 



O. A. C. No. 72 



Old Island Black 



Silvermine 



Swedish Select 

 Siberian 

 Tatar King 

 Victory 

 Welcome 



Means of preventing rust 



97. Middle Eastern or Yellow oat district. There are 

 included in this district Delaware, portions of New Jersey, 

 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and 



