. Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools. Agriculture. 94 ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. (1) Wild Oats. This is a bad weed of the first rank. It is an annual, and most abundant in the eastern part of the state, especially in the Red River Valley. The plant and the grain resemble that of the cultivated oats. The grain has a horseshoe shaped ring of hairs at its base, is yellowish or black- ish in color, and bears on the back a blackish, twist- ed, and bent awn about one inch long. The grain is of light weight. The wild oat plant is quite dif- ferent from the porcupine grass found on
. Elements of agriculture; a text book for public schools. Agriculture. 94 ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE. (1) Wild Oats. This is a bad weed of the first rank. It is an annual, and most abundant in the eastern part of the state, especially in the Red River Valley. The plant and the grain resemble that of the cultivated oats. The grain has a horseshoe shaped ring of hairs at its base, is yellowish or black- ish in color, and bears on the back a blackish, twist- ed, and bent awn about one inch long. The grain is of light weight. The wild oat plant is quite dif- ferent from the porcupine grass found on the prai- ries, which has a twisted awn several inches long. ^^ The latter is often wrong- ly called wild oats. Wild oats ripen earl}^, shell eas- ily, and probably remain in the ground many years without germinating, at least when the ground is dry. Wild oats may grow when three or four inches underground. They can never be gotten rid of if the land is cropped to grain continuousl}^ Farmers have succeeded in removing wild oats from their land in a variety of ways. The fallowing is one of the most thorough meth- ods : Plow the ground shallow in the fall after the crop has been removed. In the spring, plow the land deep, and summer fallow that season, keeping the ground clean mainly by the aid of the spring-. Fig. Wild 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 Shepperd, J[ohn] H. [from old catalog]; McDowell, John Chambers, 1867- [from old catalog] joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb publishing company
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