io. Growing a Field of Seed Oats for Profit. 



Project Work Plan 



Study Involved 



Select ground. . . 

 Select variety . . . 



Select and test seed for germination 



and purity 

 Select fertilizer or manure 



Plow 



Fit ground 



Treat seed 



Drill 



Prevent harmful weeds. 



Certify crop 



Harvest . . , 



Thresh 



Weigh up 



Market or store crop 



Compute costs and profit 



Summarize project. 



Oat soils. Rotations which include oats. The causes of lodging. 

 Variety groups and their distinguishing characters. Important 



varieties in your locality. 

 Oat judging. Seed analysis. 



Computing fertilizers. Fertilizers for oats. Rate of fertilizing oats. 



Use of manure on oats. Fertilizer guarantees. 

 Mechanics and adjustment of plows. Depth of plowing. 

 Tilth and tillage. The fitting program. Tools to be used and effects 



on soil. 



Oat smut. Treatment. 



Grain drills. Rate, time and depth of sowing. 

 Weeds infesting oats. Methods of eradicating. 

 Rules of nearest crop inprovement association. 

 Harvesting machinery. Curing oats. Time to cut. Avoiding 



mixture with other oats in same field. 

 Avoiding contamination by threshing machine. 

 Average weights elsewhere. 



Prevailing prices cf seed oats. Storage of grain. Advertising. 

 Farm accounts. 



Demonstrations with Projects in the Growing of Small Grains 



11. Make a comparison of several important varieties as to yield, earliness, weight 

 per bushel, feeding qualities, etc. 



12. Compare results under different rates of seeding. 



13. Measure yields on two equal arsas one fitted with special care and the other 

 with ordinary care. 



NOTE. Very similar projects could be conducted using barley, rye or wheat. 



References an Growing Oats 



Montgomery, Productive Farm Crops (LIPPINCOTT). 

 Carleton, The Small Grains (Macmillan). 



Spring Oat Production, Farmers' Bulletin, 892. A Classification of the Varieties of Cultivated 

 Oats, Cornell Memoir 10. Methods of Breeding Oats, Cornell Reading Course 44. 



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