46 FARM MANAGEMENT 



ing are developing that center around the important crop 

 without making it the only crop. 



36. Oats. Oats require a cool, moist climate for best 

 development. A climate that is best for corn is too hot 

 for the best yield of oats. If oats are grown on the best 

 corn land, it is of the utmost importance to plant them as 



FIG. 11. Distribution of the oat crop in 1909. 

 500,000 bushels. 



One dot represents 



early as possible so as to give them the benefit of the cool 

 part of the season. A little farther south oats do not pay 

 at all, but if we go far enough south, the oats can be sown 

 in the fall and thus grow during the cool season, and make 

 a good crop. The best oat section is so far north that 

 the weather is too cool and the season too short for the 

 best yield of corn. Wheat is another cool weather 

 crop. 



Oats do not require as rich a soil as corn. Fair crops 

 of oats can be grown on land that is so poor that it will not 



