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experiments by the Illinois Station at De Kalb, there was 

 an average gain in drilling oats of 2.7 bushels to the acre 

 over broadcasting. Clover sown with the oats was found 

 to be less liable to injury on removal of the cereal crop if 

 the latter were drilled than if broadcasted. The shoe 

 drill, hoe drill, and disk drill are all about equally good. 



FIG: 99. Comparison of drilled and broadcasted winter barley at Ar- 

 lington, Virginia: drilled, 8 pecks an acre, on left; broadcasted, 10 

 pecks an acre, on right. 



The particular kind preferred will depend upon the nature 

 of the soil, kind of rotation, or other local conditions. 

 Drill rows should be 6 inches apart or not more than 8 

 inches (Fig. 99). 



To insure winter survival, winter oats is sometimes 

 seeded by the " open-furrow " method. By this method 

 a machine is used on which the hoes are considerably 

 farther apart than on the ordinary drill, each preceded in 



