a BULLETIN 1481, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
RESULTS AT OTHER SOUTHERN STATIONS 
Averages of such yield data as are available from agricultural 
experiment stations in other Southern States for the three principal 
varietal types of fall-sown oats, together with similar averages of 
the data included in this bulletin, are given in Table 11. 
The data of Table 11 indicate the superiority of the Red Rust- 
proof and Fulghum varieties for growing in the more southern States. 
Between the strains of these varieties, where the experiments have 
been of sufficient duration to be conclusive, there apparently is little 
choice. Where Fulghum equals Red Rustproof in yield it frequently 
is preferable because of its earlier maturity. The results in Virginia 
and Arkansas show that the Winter Turf or others of the more hardy 
varieties are the most successful in these sections. In the northern 
or transitional zone of the winter-oat belt it is evident that the 
Winter Turf is to be recommended above all others. 
TABLE 11.—Yvelds of the highest yielding strains of Winter Turf, Red Rustproof, 
and Fulghum oats grown from fall seeding during periods varying from 1 to 12 
years at nine experiment stations in six Southern States 
Acre yields ex- 
pressed in per- 
centages of Ful- 
ghum for each 
station 
Average acre yields 
Number (bushels) 
of years| Years in which 
Location of experiment con- | data were obtained |. 
ducted 
Winter] 7€¢ | Ful- | Winter| ed 
Turf proof 1 ghum | Turf proof 
Virginia: 
ArlingtoneBarnies=-o=- ose 12 | 1914 to 1925._-____|.. 57.3 | 244.9:| 250/21) 114.1 89. 4 
North Carolina:4 
States ville=2 ee eee POA. Ss eee 15. 4 29.6 34.8 44.3 85.1 
Georgia: 
(AGNenS=s-— 2 Ses 2S eo 10 | 1915 to 1925 5______ 29.5 42.6 47.3 62. 4 90. 1 
AG DEE Soe ee ee 2 | 1915 and 1916_.___- 14.4 37.9 50. 8 28.3 74.6 
@uifmans=22. 2 as Ee See LOToRONO TE 612.1 23.7 22.8 5a al | 103. 9 
SBift ont ras Nees eee 9) | -1S1Z-to925 22 se 8 41.8 30, fees 136. 2 
Alabama: ® 
YAW DUM 8 he eee ae 2 AGT2 ane AGIs) p= ee 37.9 20: 63s eee 184.0 
Mississippi: !¢ 
Agricultural and Mechanical 
Colleges. ee Ae Se SNe 3 | 1911, 1912, and 1914 36. 1 43.3 36. 2 99. 7 119.6 
Arkansas: !! 
Kayettevilles 222 = 225 4} 1916 to 1919_______. 35. 2 30. 7 14.7 239.5 208. 8 
1 The highest average yield in some instances was not made by Red Rustproof as such, but by a named 
strain of it, such as Appler, Cook, Hasting, or Bancroft. ; 
2 Composite record made up from yields of two strains. 
3 Nursery yield substituted in 1925, no plat data available. 
4 Garren (3). 
5 Entire crop destroyed by fire in 1921. No yields available in that year. 
6 Two-year average. 
7 Combined record yields from Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1917, 1918, and 1919 and from 
Coastal Plain Experiment Station, but a short distance away, in other years. 
8 Hasting rather than Red Rustproof. 
9 Duggar and Cauthen (2). 
10 Ricks (4). 
11 Nelson and Osborn (4). 
CULTURAL EXPERIMENTS IN GEORGIA 
Limited cultural experiments with fall-sown oats have been con- 
ducted in Georgia by the Georgia State College of Agriculture in 
cooperation with the Office of Cereal Crops and Diseases. These 
experiments have included date and rate of seeding, method of seeding 
and seed-bed preparation, place in rotation, and fertilizer experi- 
ments. The data from some of these experiments are rather meager, 
yet they are indicative and in the absence of more comprehensive 
data should be presented. 
