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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



OAT FIELD SHOWING INCREASED VIGOR OF GROWTH DUE TO SEED SELEC- 

 TION AND GRADING. 



plump, heavy seed was sown in comparison to the 

 small, light weight seed. The Stations of Illinois, 

 Kansas, Iowa and Ontario also report increased yields 

 f 5> 5-3' 9-6> and 4 bushels more grain per acre, re- 

 spectively, when oats were drilled instead of broad- 

 casted. 



Seeding of Oats. The time of oats seeding differs 

 naturally with the latitude of the section in which they 

 are grown. In the Southern States where winter va- 

 rieties are sown, the best results are secured when the 

 grain is sown between October 10 and November 10. 

 The spring sown sorts are produced to the best ad- 

 vantage when seeded during February. The North- 

 ern States vary in seeding time from March first to 

 May first, depending almost wholly upon the latitude. 

 Kansas is the state north of parallel 38 degrees to 

 begin oats seeding earliest in the spring, closely fol- 

 lowed by Missouri, Southern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio 



