. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 1197 PLANT STUDY Editors' note.— The radish is given in the syllabus as the plant for special study this year, but the officers in charge of the work in the State Education Department have decided to substitute the study of oats. The radish is of comparatively little importance and nearly all boys and girls know what the plant i
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 1197 PLANT STUDY Editors' note.— The radish is given in the syllabus as the plant for special study this year, but the officers in charge of the work in the State Education Department have decided to substitute the study of oats. The radish is of comparatively little importance and nearly all boys and girls know what the plant is and how to grow it. OATS E. G. Montgomery ROB ABLY all teachers of rural schools will be able to give a few lessons on oats during the year. Oats are the most extensively cultivated cereal in New York State. The value of the crop, as compared with other cereal crops, is shown by the following statistics for 1910: Crops Value Oats $19,000,000 Corn 16,000,000 Wheat 10,000,000 Barley 1, 500, 000 There are only four States with an oat crop more valuable than that of New York, namely, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. About four and three tenths acres out of every one hundred are devoted to oats in New York. The average yield is thirty-one and three tenths bushels and the average value is $ per acre. The part of the State showing the highest production" of oats is comprised in the counties bordering on the south shore of Lake Ontario, while the eastern half of the State produces oats to only a small extent. It would be interesting to find how your own neighborhood compares with other parts of the State in oat production. Find by inquiry what percentage of the land in your district is devoted to the culture of oats, and its average yield and value. Kinds of oats.— When the shape of head (or panicle) is considered there are two kinds of oats, known as the true panicle (Fig. 2) and the side panicle (Fig. 1). The oat grain is also of several colors, as white oats
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