144 



OATS 



has increased during the second decade. The average yield in both 

 Germany and England is .comparatively high, while the two greatest 

 oat-producing countries, United States and Russia, have rather low 

 yields per acre. 



FIG. 53. Loose type of side panicle variety, sparrow-bill. 



In the United States (Fig. 52) and Eussia, with great level plains 

 and rather low rainfall, the farming is at present extensive rather 

 than intensive, as in Germany and England. With the best methods 

 of farming the present average yields in the United States could be 

 doubled, and at present the movement is in that direction. 



