CEREALS AT THE AKRON FIELD STATION 43 
In the fall of 1907 a plat of Boswell winter oats was sown at Akron. 
Although the winter survival was low, the plat yielded at the rate 
of 15.7 bushels per acre. The variety has been sown five other 
years, but each time the plants have entirely winterkilled. 
TABLE 23.—Average agronomic data recorded on seven varieties of oats grown on 
fallow and on cornland at the Akron Field Station, 1917-1922, inclusive 
Dates of— | Acre yield 
| | 
Group and variety Bow ipEleigney |esne! - 
| “Y°: | Heading | Maturity’ ler | Grain | Straw 
GROWN ON FALLOW | | 
Early: Inches | Pounds | Bushels | Pounds 
Albion (Iowa No. 103) -_--------- | 729 | June 23 | July 16 | 28 | 31 |- 24.4 | 1, 350 
Colburt (Burt selection)________ 2019 | June 21 | July 10 | 2A | 33 | 23.9 1, 291 
kihersoneess yecese — Sy Eee eae 459 | June 24} July 16 | 27 30 | PB 1, 060 
Midseason: | 
@oloradogNGra (ene 619 | June 30| July 28 | 30 30 | 16.9 | 1, 326 
(Guo Teena a ee 493 | July 5} July 29 | 32 35 | 17.8 | 1, 368 
soyedeh SCC: Cbs 28 ee ae | 134°) July 2) duly 27 | 30 32 16.9 1, 156 
ate: | | 
Wihiter Rartarst. iam) Joril gi | 300| July 3] Aug. 1 | 31 32 10265) .02 la2itn 
| | 
GROWN ON CORNLAND | | | 
Early: | | | | 
Albion (Lowa No. 103)-__--.---- 729 | June 23} July 16 | PAB, | 30 17.0 | 922 
Colburt (Burt selection)________ | 2019 | June 21) July 10 | 23 32 16.1 | 883 
Reb eTSGree es Ae See Sag | 459 | June 24] July 16 | 25 30 17.3 838 
Midseason | | | 
C@oloradopNons (42 ae 619 | June 30! | July 26 | 23 28 10.9 | 733 
GoldengRiainvaiyat eae eaters 493 | July 11} July 29 ! 25 32 183% 792 
:, es SGIINGE sew Sais aid Belicia _ 134 | June 30!) July 27 | 25 33 12.9 | 676 
ate: | | 
Wihtiteg manta 2) ema) ius et 1 - 300 July 6!/ July 31 | 25 | 32 9.1 2912 
1 In some years these varieties did not head fully. 2 Large yields due to presence of many weeds. 
RATE-OF-SEEDING EXPERIMENTS 
Rate-of-seeding experiments with oats were conducted during 
nine seasons. Good yields were obtained in 1912, 1914, and 1915. 
Fair yields were obtained in 1913 and poor yields or failures resulted 
in 1911, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919. The rates of seeding varied by 
1-peck intervals from 2 to 6 pecks, but only four different rates were 
sown during all of the years. The variety used in the experiments 
was Kherson (C. I. No. 459). The yields obtained are shown in 
Table 24. The highest average yields were obtained from sowing 
the oats at the rate of 6 pecks per acre, with slight gradual decreases 
from sowing at lower rates. The difference in average yield from 
the 3-peck and 6- peck rates during the eight-year period from 1912 
to 1919, inclusive, was only 2.7 bushels to the acre. 
TaBLE 24.—Yields obtained in a rate-of-seeding experiment with Kherson oats 
grown ai the Akron Field Station, 1911-1919, inclusive 
Acre yield (bushels) 
Rate of seeding | | | | | pg ce reeees 
| 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |——_— 
| | | | | | 1911 to | 1912 to 
| | 1919 | 1919 
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© IDEAS SEE Oo ea Sao eas a dice (EE a (a Buenaeeee | pe a it jpaseee be eae ee eee ae [sacs ee 
RCCKSS oat Sn 6.9 | 46.9 | 30.0 | 74.4 | 85.0 | 11.5] 16.2] 5.5 | 10.6 | 31.9 35. 0 
panreu ices ff fas 228 Sk 10.6 | 61 7 | 23.1 | 71.8 | 86.9 | 15.6 | 19.5 | 6.4] 13.9] 34.4 37.4 
Mpteulss_citevne On beh 13.1 | 40.0 | 40.6 | 84.4 | 87.5 | 16.8 | 23.0| 6.1/| 11.2| 35.9 38. 7 
(5, (DOCS oe ae a 13.7 | 71.9 | 25.0 | 65.0 | 90.0 | 19.5 | 24.3] 7.7 | 13.2| 36.7 39. | 
J LOGS ee Sauer Ren en 71.9 | 18.2 | 73.8 | 90.6 | 20.2 | 25.3 | 6.4) 14.0 |.______. 40. | 
7 FUELS pee sage he ep YFP de ae (es | feces ame Ee ee eee 7.9 | 14.0 | a eee nts ees 
