OATS 



Oats rank with wheat and corn in the number of 

 bushels grown in the world. Thus in 1904 there were 

 produced on all the continents 



Oats, 3,336,179,00c bushels 

 Corn, 3,058,021,000 bushels 

 Wheat, 3,162,340,000 bushels 

 In the case of Oats about one-third of the total yield was 

 grown in America and nearly two-thirds in Europe, the 

 total yield of Asia, Africa, and Australia being less than 

 100,000,000 bushels. On the other hand more than a 

 billion bushels were grown in Russia alone, nearly as 

 much as in all the rest of Europe. 



During the decade before 1909 the average annual 

 production of Oats in the United States was nearly 

 900,000,000 bushels. Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and 

 Minnesotc were the four leading states in Oat produc- 

 tion, these and Nebraska producing more than half the 

 total crop. The diagram on page 218 shows the pro- 

 duction of each state during the period named. 



Classification 



The numerous varieties of Oats are classified in various 

 ways. One of the most convenient of these has to do 

 with the position of the spikelets on the panicle. In one 

 group the spikelets spread from the central stalk in all 

 directions: these are the Spreading or the Open-panicle 



