about 60,000 bushels used in making liquors, the wnole is con 

 sumed in feeding stock. There is scarcely any exported, 

 355, Fire species are cultivated: 



1. Avena strigosa. Bristle -poiMed Oat- 



2. Avena brevis, Short Oat 



3. Avena saliva* Common Oat/ 



4. Avena orientalis. Tartarian Oat 



5. Avena nuda. Naked Oat 



These again are divided into many varieties/ 



The first two are of inferior quality, but hardy, fteing cu^ti- 

 tated in the mountainous parts, the one of Scotland, the other 

 of France. The common oat is best known,- and has been muck 

 improved by careful culture. The Tartarian oat, has its pan 

 icles shorter than the last, nearly of equal length, all on the same 

 side of the rachis (flower stalk) and bearded, It is so hardy 

 sea to thrive in soils and climates where the other grains cannot 

 1)0 raised, It is much cultivated in England and not at all in 

 Scotland. &quot; It is a coarse grain more fit for horse feed than to* 

 make into meal,&quot; (Stephens.) The corolla is frequently 

 Black, The naked oat, like wheat and naked barley/ has thcr 

 corolla detached from the seed. It has long been cultivated in 

 Europe, and it is said to t&amp;gt;e productive/ and the meal to t&amp;gt;e fine, 

 The popular varieties such as the Potato, Hopetown, Georgian, 

 .Siberian, Dyock oate, &c., belong to the common oat, (3) 



256, In Scotland the oat yields very large crops, from 36 to 

 ll 4 bushels per English acre. In the United States, the crop 

 probably does not much exceed 30 bushels per acre, except in 

 Very favorable localities ; but 90 bushels per acre have been 

 raised, and prize crops of 60 to 75 bushels alre not uncommon/ 

 The soil and climate of Michigan are not favorable to it, Th# 

 weight^ per bushel, varies from 30 to 48 Ibs., according to variV 

 ty and culture. In Michigan, the legal weight of a bushel i 

 32 Ibs. 



