LABORATORY MANUAL IN FIELD CROPS 23 



PRACTICUM NO. 18 

 Object. A General Study of the Oat. 

 Materials. Reference material. 



Method. Research the reference material thoroughly and 

 prepare a paper including study. determinations. 



STUDIES 



1. What are the botanical differences between the oat and 

 the wheat plants? 



2. To what genus does each belong ? 



3. What is the composition of the oat? Compare its com- 

 position with the wheat and the barley. 



4. Discuss the importance of the oat crop in comparison 

 with the other cereal crops. (Given in the Year Book for 

 1913.) 



5. To what uses are oats put, in comparison with wheat 

 and corn ? 



6. Give the economic importance of the oat smut in the 

 United States, and give methods best adapted to its control. 



REFERENCES 



Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 250, 436, 507. 



Bailey's Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Vol. 2, p. 485. 



Hunt's Cereals in America, pp. 280-317. 



United States Department of Agriculture, Year Book 1913. 



Gray's Field Botany. 



Livingston's Field Crop Production, pp. 145-150. 



