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Washington, D. C. v May, 1927 
EXPERIMENTS WITH FALL-SOWN OATS IN THE SOUTH 
Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry 
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INTRODUCTION 
also is a factor not to be overlooked in the South. 
ranted by the data also are presented. 
IMPORTANCE OF THE OAT CROP 
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By T. R. Stanton, Agronomist in Charge of Oat Investigations, Office of Cereal 
Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry; R. R. Cuiups, Professor of 
Agronomy, Georgia State College of Agriculture, and Agent, Office of Cereal Crops 
and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry; J. W. Tayuor, Associate Agronomist, 
and F. A. Corrman, Associate Agronomist in Oat Investigations, Office of Cereal 
It is recognized that fall-sown oats succeed better than spring-sown 
oats in most districts of the South. The one disadvantage which 
has retarded the growing of the crop more than any other has been 
occasional loss by winterkilling. The development of hardier and 
otherwise more satisfactory varieties and the determination of better 
cultural practices, therefore, are exceedingly important. In the 
Southern States grain production falls far short of local consumption. 
The rapid expansion of the livestock industry in these States is creat- 
ing a greater need than ever for home production of feed crops. 
Oats meet an important rotation need in the scheme of farming 
and one sometimes difficult to fill by other crops. The value of any 
fall-sown cereal as a winter cover crop for the prevention of erosion 
| In this bulletin are assembled the available data from varietal and 
j cultural experiments with fall-sown oats in the southeastern United 
States. Conclusions and recommendations which seem to be war- 
According to 1920 census data and the annual estimates of the 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department of 
Agriculture, the 16 Southern States, including Delaware, Maryland, 
