FALL-SOWN OATS IN THE SOUTH 25 
TaBLE 13.—Acre yields and deviations from yields at the 3-peck rate in rate-of- 
seeding experiments with fall-sown oats, at two stations in Georgia during two or 
more years of the 10-year period from 1916 to 1925, inclusive 
[Complete winterkilling of Red Rustproof occurred at Athens in 1917 and of both Red Rustproof 
and Fulghum in 1924, but the zero yields of 1924 are included in the computation of the averages for 1918 
to 1925] 
Deviations 
Acre yields (bushels) from yield at 
3-peck rate 
Rate of fen| | 
Locality and variety ae | Average 
cks 2 
1916 1918|1919 1920 1921/1922! 1923' 1924! 1925 1929, | Net | Net |“00" 
1918 | 5959’ | Yield | basis | ,' ee 
to and | 
1925 | 1995 | 
State College of Agri- 
culture, Athens: | 
Red Rustproof__-__ 3/38. 3} 5.0} 6. 6/61. 1/59. 4/57. 2}62.9] O 57. 5} 38. 71;_____- 37:96). 022422 
dB) | ace a rae rl 4/40. 7) 5.4 8. 9/57. 1\60. 0/60. 0/62.0) 0 59.2) 39.08 -_____ 38. 08} +. 12) +.37 
ID YS Se eels eee 6/45. 7/15. 9) 16. 4/68. 5|63. 1/64. 6/62.6) 0 {59.5 43. 83) RE Sas 42. 33|+-4. 37|+5. 12 
1 DY: eee ee ee 8/43. 4 18. 7 18. 957. 6}61. 1/53. 159. 6} 0 [58. 2) 40. 90) bee 3 38.90! +.94'+2.19 
1 DY ia? Se Sues ee 10/40. 5 23. 5)18. 8165. 6'60. 8/48. 7\54. 8} O |58.4) 41. 33)______ 38. 83) +. 87|--2. 62 
Fulghum_-__-_ = 3|....| 1.2) 8. 7/46. 1/38. 9160. 6|29.0) 0 |57.0) 30. 19/--- Aa Ot Eo 
WD Qa ee C$ are par 0) 9. 8 42. 435. 7,53. 5/34.8) O |55. 6) 29 F1Q Ieee as & 28. 10;—1. 34 —1. 09 
D@es Los eS. Gis secs: 1)12. 7/46. 2:37. 9156. 3/35. 1 OF 5856)53 1 24ee 29.74; +. 30/+1. 05 
bY: Se eee 8)-_--| 4. 9/12. 7/45. 3/39. 9164. 3/38. 2] 0 |63.2) 33. 56)______ | 31. 56/+-2. 12/+-3. 37 
1D (ee Sear 10|____] 9. 3!13. 8/47. 8/38. 3|67. 9135. 6} O |71.2) 35. 49)___-__ 32. 99|+3. 55)-+5. 30 
Coastal Plain Experi- | 
ment Station, Tifton: 
Bolehnnms = 2 - 3 sgt 2 fe EY fete SOAS Ose rats ll ee 23. 50} 22.75, O  {_-____ 
1D: egg ee eee ee 7 | ee ae ee engl re a (ee Be |) Bp) ee ps | 24.20, 23.20) +-. 45) +. 70 
DOL ee @ a) |S [eed Se pa a 32. 413. 4 30 | 25.43; 23. 93)-+1. 18'+-1. 93 
DOES 4 ee SA “3 [ER Meera ee pel (ee as Fe 7. Ba a} 2 Pd Del 8 97 Pe | 26.33 24.33 +1. 58/2. 83 
SE po aan soe ee | (eS Ecad Bisel Bare aera 36. 8) 16. oe cg | Beene | 30. 37) 27.87 +5. re 87 
| } 
In general, the Fulghum variety sown at the same rates as the Red 
Rustproof (Appler) produced a regular increase in yield from the 
lower to the higher rate, except the seedings’at the 4-peck rate, 
which gave lower yields than those at 3 and 6 pecks. A gain of 5.3 
bushels over the 3-peck rate resulted from seeding at the rate of 10 
pecks. Consequently a seeding rate of 10 pecks per acre for Fulghum 
appears justified at Athens. It may be that Appler is sufficiently 
more nearly winter hardy than Fulghum to allow satisfactory stands 
to be obtained with a lighter seeding rate than is possible with 
Fulghum. 
At the Tifton station Fulghum was sown in a rate-of-seeding 
experiment conducted in 1922, 1923, and 1925. Fair yields were 
obtained in 1922 and 1925, but poor yields in 1923. No plots were 
sown in 1924. The results at Tifton compare closely with those from 
the rate-of-seeding experiments with Fulghum at Athens. At both 
stations Fulghum gave its highest yields from the heavy seeding 
rate of 10 pecks per acre. The increases in yield are more or less | 
progressive with the increase in seeding rate, and there is a possi- 
bility that Fulghum should be sown at even a higher rate than 10 
pecks. The experiment with Fulghum undoubtedly should have 
included a 12-peck rate. | 
METHOD OF SEEDING 
The open-furrow method of sowing winter oats sometimes is prac- 
ticed in the South as a protection against injury from winterkilling. 
It consists of sowing the oats with a special drill in furrows from 
