Jan. 1, 1925 
A Study of Variability in the Burt Oat 
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In the list of desirable varieties for 
the different States the Burt oat is 
recommended for spring sowing in 
Arkansas, California, Florida, Ken¬ 
tucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, North 
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, 
and West Virginia. The Burt oat is 
mentioned also as a suitable winter oat 
for Missouri, while for Oklahoma con¬ 
ditions it is recommended as a spring 
oat for most of the State and as a win¬ 
ter oat for the extreme southern border 
of the State. 
variety to use in reseeding badly winter- 
killed fields of oats. 
Kilgore, Burgess, and Meacham (62) 
describe the Burt or Ninety-Day va¬ 
riety as one of the best, if not the best, 
of the spring oats for general sowing in 
North Carolina. 
Garren (44) and Williams (150) of 
the North Carolina Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station found Burt one of the 
earliest oat varieties, and recommended 
it as one of the best for spring seeding 
under North Carolina conditions. 
Fig. 1—Map of the eastern and central United States showing distribution of the Burt oat in 1919 
CONCERNING SOUTHERN STATES 
Plumb (104, V • 19) states that Burt 
is a locally grown variety that does well 
in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South 
Carolina, and in central and eastern 
Tennessee. 
Warburton ( 142) states that the Burt 
oat, sometimes called Ninety-Day or 
May, occasionally is sown in the fall in 
the South. This variety is similar to 
Red Rustproof but is less hardy, and 
ordinarily is sown in the spring, as it 
usually does well from spring seeding. 
For this reason Burt is a desirable 
Duggar and Cauthen (29) state that 
Burt often is preferred for seeding in 
the spring in all parts of Alabama, and 
that from Auburn southward Burt may 
be sown in the fall if seeded compara¬ 
tively early. According to these au¬ 
thors Burt does not give as good results 
in Alabama as do some of the Red 
Rustproof strains. 
Mooers (80) states that Burt has 
been the standard spring variety in 
middle Tennessee for a number of 
years and practically has superseded 
all others in the rest of the State. It 
is the earliest of the spring varieties, 
