. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 158 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION spending increase of grain, and with the rank growth, lodging frequently results. Fertilizers may best be applied to the corn or wheat lands, except with very poor soils, where it may be desirable to fertilize the oats also. 146. Time of seeding. — Oats are a cool weather crop and best results may usually be obtained from early rather than later seeding. Early seeding may be regarded as that done as soon as the soil is dry enough in the spring to get on t
. Field crop production; a text-book for elementary courses in schools and brief courses in colleges. Agriculture. 158 FIELD CROP PRODUCTION spending increase of grain, and with the rank growth, lodging frequently results. Fertilizers may best be applied to the corn or wheat lands, except with very poor soils, where it may be desirable to fertilize the oats also. 146. Time of seeding. — Oats are a cool weather crop and best results may usually be obtained from early rather than later seeding. Early seeding may be regarded as that done as soon as the soil is dry enough in the spring to get on to it with team and implements. In a time of seeding test at the Ohio Station, for a three-year aver- age, the earliest seed- ings outyielded the latest seedings by bushels per acre. The weight per bushel was also influenced to a considerable extent by the time of seeding, the earlier seedings having heavier weight per bushel. This result was largely due to the fact that the earlier seeded plants completed their growth before hot weather, while those seeded later did not fill out as well on account of the hot weather. In the South, where winter oats are grown, fall seeding is practiced. The time of seeding varies with the latitude, in the northern part of this section the seeding being done in late Sep- tember, while farther south it is delayed until late October. 147. Rate of seeding. — Before seeding, the oats should be run through a fanning mill equipped with proper screens to remove small and light kernels, sticks, trash, and weed seeds. This not only insures a more uniform rate of seeding, but also prevents the use of inferior Fig. 54. — Seeding oats with a 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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