CORX, AVHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYE 



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time during the winter or spring, the only precaution is to get 

 seed well dried after treatment. In any case the seed should be 

 well dried bei'ore attempting the use them in a drill. 



Harvesting" oats. — Exactly the same methods are employed 

 here as with wheat. The only difference is that oats may, and 

 probably better, be cut before wholly mature, since there is little 

 increase in the kernel during the last stages of maturity, and if 

 harvested when mature there is an actual loss due to shattering. 



Market grades of oats. — Oats have been officially designated 

 as white, including yellow, red, gray, black, mixed, bleached and 

 clipped. Each of these groups has been given grades according 

 to the following table taken from the ''Handbook Official Grain 

 Standards for Oats" of the United States Department of Agri- 

 cultm-e. Bureau of Markets : 



(iRADE Requikemexts fok White, Red, Gray, Black, ;Mixed, 

 Clipped Oats 



Bleached axd 



