o2 BULLETIN 1481, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
The open-furrow method of sowing winter oats affords considerable 
protection against injury from winterkilling. In severely cold 
seasons, however, this method of seeding does not give perfect 
protection. 
In an experiment conducted at Athens on corn ground, wherein 
methods of seed-bed preparation for oats were varied, double-disking 
produced as high yields as plowing, with the advantage of a decided 
decrease in the cost of production. Where the land has been well 
cultivated and is reasonably free from grass, weeds, and crop residue, 
disking is to be strongly recommended. Plowing should be resorted to 
only when the land is in such condition that a satisfactory seed bed 
can not be prepared by disking. 
Rotation experiments indicate that oats should follow crops that 
can be removed from the land in time to permit.early fall sowing of 
the oats. 
Acid phosphate applied 200 to 400 pounds per acre in the fall at 
the time of seeding, with a top-dressing of nitrate of soda applied 
100 to 150 pounds per acre about March 1, gave the best yields of any 
fertilizer combination tried. Ammonium sulphate applied 80 to 100 
pounds per acre may be substituted for the nitrate of soda. 
Experiments to determine the proper time of applying nitrogenous 
fertilizers to fall-sown oats indicate that in northern Georgia best, 
results will be obtained when the application is made around March 1. 
In the Coastal Plain application should be about February 1. There 
was no advantage in dividing nitrogenous fertilizers and applying 
them in two separate applications. 
Potash fertilizers paid for application on Coastal Plain soils, but 
not on Piedmont soils. 
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1927 
