156 OATS 



QUESTIONS 



1. State the importance of oats and other crops. 



2. Name leading continent in production of oats, corn, and wheat. 



3. Which are the two leading countries in production of above crops? 



4. Is yield per acre increasing? 



5. Why are yields so low in Russia and in f he United States? 



6. In the United States how does the oat region compare with the wheat 



and corn regions? 



7. Describe principal types of oats by shape of head; color of grain. 



8. What kinds are grown in your neighborhood ? 



9. Where are the different types grown in America? 



10. Where are oats sown in the fall? 



11. Where do early oats give best yields? Where late oats? 



12. Give the factors affecting tillering of oats. 



13. Compare corn, wheat, and oats as to cross- and self-fertilization, 



14. How many grains in an oat spikelet? Corn? Wheat? 



15. Give the factors affecting percentage of hull in oats. 



16. Give the importance of weight per bushel. 



17. What factors affect weight per bushel? 



IS. What is the comparative value of hull and kernel? 



19. What are clipped oats? 



20. What is the value of oat straw? 



21. How much straw to grain in oats? Wheat? 



22. What factors would you say influence per cent of hull? 



23. Is weight per bushel related to per cent hull ? 



24. Is weight per bushel related to feeding value* 



