40 BULLETIN 1287, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
In seasons when winter wheat fails, because of unfavorable condi- 
tions, the land may be sown to spring wheat. Otherwise, the seeding 
of spring wheat can not be advised if conditions are at all favorable 
for seeding winter wheat. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH OATS 
The yields of oats are usually less in pounds per acre than the yields 
of barley. Oats are most profitably grown in this district when sown. 
on cornland very early in the spring. Drought may prevent heading, 
in which case the crop can be cut for hay. As a rule oats do not 
produce so large a crop as barley, and for that reason barley is more 
generally grown. 
VARIETAL EXPERIMENTS 
During the 15-year period from 1908 to 1922, inclusive, 28 varieties 
and strains of spring oats have been grown in plats. It was soon 
found that only early varieties were suited to the region, but a few 
midseason and late varieties were continued in the experiments for 
comparison. Only three varieties of oats have been grown during all 
of the 15 years. Several early varieties and strains were added to the 
experiments in 1920 and in 1922. The annual and average yields of 
the oat varieties are shown in Table 21, except those of eight varieties 
grown only one or two years between 1908 and 1915. Yields of most 
of these eight varieties were reported in Department Bulletin 402. 
TaBLE 21.—Yields of oat varieties grown at the Akron Field Station in one or more 
years, 1908-1922, inclusive 
Acre yield (bushels) 
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Group and variety Non | | | | 
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