96 AGRICULTURE 



things most necessary in growing oats is to get the seed 

 into the ground as early as it can be worked in the spring. 

 And the seeding can be done more quickly by disking than 

 by plowing. There is little or no danger to oats from 

 freezing after they are sown, and the seed will sprout and 





Two common varieties of oats. 



grow in a much colder temperature than that necessary for 

 corn. 



Methods of seeding. Oats are sown by two methods, 

 (1) scattering the seed broadcast over the ground, and (2) 

 drilling. The old method of broadcast seeding was to scat- 



