. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. OATS 161 delayed too long, the crop may become overripe and loss will occur by shattering. Oats usually contain more moisture at the time of cutting than wheat, and in order that they may dry thoroughly, the bundles are set up in smaller shocks than wheat. Usually 7 to 9 bundles form a shock. The shock should be well formed, since the. Fig. 57. — Treating seed oats for smut. The formalin method. straws are not so stiff as those of wheat, and the shocks are more likely to go down,
. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. OATS 161 delayed too long, the crop may become overripe and loss will occur by shattering. Oats usually contain more moisture at the time of cutting than wheat, and in order that they may dry thoroughly, the bundles are set up in smaller shocks than wheat. Usually 7 to 9 bundles form a shock. The shock should be well formed, since the. Fig. 57. — Treating seed oats for smut. The formalin method. straws are not so stiff as those of wheat, and the shocks are more likely to go down, which will often result in injury to the quality of the grain from weathering. Oats may either be thrashed from the shock as soon as they have dried out, or they may be stacked or stored in the mow for later thrashing. 149. Improvement of oats. — The same methods for the improvement of oats are employed as have been described in the paragraph on the improvement of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Livingston, George. New York, The Macmillan company
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