Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . nter oats are grown mostly where the average winter tempera-ture exceeds 35 degrees, and hence are important only in the regions south of the Ohioand Potomac rivers and along the Pacific coast. Seeding begins in the Ohio andPotomac valleys usually about September 1 and ends about October 1 ; along thenorthern margin of the cotton belt seeding begins about September 21 and may con-tinue 30 to 50 days; and finally in northern Florida it begins about October 21 andis over by December 15. In western Washington seeding takes
Seedtime and harvest : a graphic summary of seasonal work on farm crops . nter oats are grown mostly where the average winter tempera-ture exceeds 35 degrees, and hence are important only in the regions south of the Ohioand Potomac rivers and along the Pacific coast. Seeding begins in the Ohio andPotomac valleys usually about September 1 and ends about October 1 ; along thenorthern margin of the cotton belt seeding begins about September 21 and may con-tinue 30 to 50 days; and finally in northern Florida it begins about October 21 andis over by December 15. In western Washington seeding takes place usually duringSeptember, in Oregon during September and October, and in California mostly duringOctober and November. Winter oats in all these sections are mostly a minor crop andseldom require extra labor. In the South plowing, harrowing, and seeding an acre ofoats requires in general 6 to 10 hours of man labor and 13 to 20 hours of horse ormule labor. To produce an acre of winter oats requires from 10 to 20 hours ofman labor. I Seasonal Work on Farm Crops. 23 0. Figs, lo and 26.—The harvesting of winter oats begins along the Gulf Coast earlvin May and nonhward q^cro.^s the cotton belt at the rate of 10 to lo mil(^a day, reaching the northern boundary of the cotton lielt about June 11 and the lowerOhio and Potomac valleys by June Il. The winter oat harvest along theGulf Coast usually by Junp 1. and in the Ohio and Potomac vallevs before Julv the Pacific Coast the harvest of winter oats Ix-gins in western Washingtonduring the latter pfirt of June or early July and mav last into August : in westernOregon it begins usually during the first half of Julv and is over bv August 1 : and inCalifornia the harvest begins from mid-April to Julv 1. varviug with localitv and farmpractice, and ends usually 4 to 8 weeks later. In the South it requiresiu generalabout 8 hours of man labor and 6 hours of mule labor to harvest an acre of oats,except in
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