. Oals a paying grain crop oats. At the average price that has prevailed for oats during the last five years, the 60 bushels will sell for from .$ to $ and the straw when baled will often pay for growing the grain. It is best to plant oats after corn and peas. Cut the corn stalks and pea vines into pieces with a disk harrow. The disk harrow is the best possible implement to use in preparing the corn and pea fields for oats. The drill will clog in trashy ground and particularly when working in uncut stalks and pea vines. When the disk harrow is used before the land is broken, the dril
. Oals a paying grain crop oats. At the average price that has prevailed for oats during the last five years, the 60 bushels will sell for from .$ to $ and the straw when baled will often pay for growing the grain. It is best to plant oats after corn and peas. Cut the corn stalks and pea vines into pieces with a disk harrow. The disk harrow is the best possible implement to use in preparing the corn and pea fields for oats. The drill will clog in trashy ground and particularly when working in uncut stalks and pea vines. When the disk harrow is used before the land is broken, the drill runs freely and easily, thus depositing the seed evenly. After using the disk harrow to cut the corn stalks, plow the land deep, then disk and double disk and harrow and cross harrow until every inch of the soil has been stirred and broken as fine as possible. After a good rain or tfie use of a roller, the land is ready for the seed. A mixture of 300 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate, 100 pounds of cotton seed meal, and 200 lbs. of potash, followed in March witli a top dress-
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