. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 719. Short, plump kernels of tlie medium-early varieties of oats. Also illustrates "twiu" oats. grains, nor is there any appreciable difference in the weight per measured bushel. (Figs. 719, 720.) The Illinois Station conducted a five-year test with between thirty and sixty varieties, and came to the conclusion that the long, slender kernels gave a higher percentage of grain to hull, while the Ohio Station with seventy varieties one year found that the short, plump grains gave the higher percentage of grain to hull. Varietie
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 719. Short, plump kernels of tlie medium-early varieties of oats. Also illustrates "twiu" oats. grains, nor is there any appreciable difference in the weight per measured bushel. (Figs. 719, 720.) The Illinois Station conducted a five-year test with between thirty and sixty varieties, and came to the conclusion that the long, slender kernels gave a higher percentage of grain to hull, while the Ohio Station with seventy varieties one year found that the short, plump grains gave the higher percentage of grain to hull. Varieties with the long, slender kernels take longer to mature and in a short season would not fill well. This would result in a larger percentage of hulls and a decrease in weight per measured bushel. The varieties with short, plump grains are early-maturing, and the grains will invariably be well filled, consequently the percentage of hulls will be less. However, in a season long enough to allow the later varieties properly to mature the grains would be well filled and the percentage of hull would be , so that in general this percent- age will be affected more or less by the character and length of the growing season. Probably a majority of the varieties grown in the United States at the present time are those having short, plump grains. While the yields are not always greater,—in fact may in good seasons be less,—they have the advantage of ripening early enough to escape storms and rust, which often come on a little before harvesting time and tend to lessen the yields or in some utterly destroy the crop. The average percentage of grain to hull for American varieties is stated by Hunt in "The Cereals in America" to be 70 per cent. Variety to sow. In choosing a variety to sow, the end in view is to secure the highest possible yield of the best. Fig. 720. Long, slender kernels found in the later-maturing varieties of oats. Also illustrates "single" o
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