OATS. 



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Quantity of Seed per Acre. 



This depends upon a number of circumstances, the chief among which 

 are: the method of sowing (whether broadcast or with the drill), the use to 

 which the crop is to be put (whether for green feed, hay, or grain), the 

 time of sowing, the district, and the habit of the variety (whether it is a 

 scanty or profuse stooler). , 



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Algerian Outs. 



Manured with li cwt. superphosphate per acre. 



Villa : 11 tons 4 cwt. 1 qr. 6 lb. per acre. 



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Algerian Oats 

 Unmanured. 



Yield : 5 tons 10 cwt. qr. 4 lb. per acre. 



Oats on Farmers' Experiment Plots, Stewart's River. 



On the coast, where oats are largely grown for green feed, and where the 

 -owing is usually dune broadcast, from 2 to 2\ bushels per acre should bo 

 sown. If sown too thickly, and heavy rain or showery, windy weather is 

 experienced, the crop is liable to lodge, and a? a result it may be partially 

 or totally spoilt before it can be cut. A few farmers on the South Coast 

 have seed drills, and where this method of sowing is adopted the amount of 

 seed can be reduced to half that recommended for broadcasting. No 

 matter what the crop may be intended for, drilling will always give the 

 best results. 



For hay on the tablelands, 1£ to 2 bushels per acre is ample when sowing 

 is done with the drill. Like wheat, oats may be sown a little earlier for hay 

 than for grain, but the season of the variety must not be overlooked. In 

 the drier wheat districts, 1 to 1^ bushels per acre is sufficient for a hay 

 crop, provided the variety being sown is not too coarse in the stem. Very 

 coarse-stemmed varieties should always be sown thicker than varieties with 

 comparatively tine >tenis 9uch as Algerian, as the thicker the sowing the 

 finer the stems will invariably be in the resultant hay. Where the rainfall 

 is sufficient, thick seeding is preferable, especially for hay, as the finer stems 



