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Show SUNDRY ADVANTAGES OF FALL-SOWN OATS Department of Agriculture Gives Timely Hints in Bulletin. Under Climatic Contritions In Many States Crop Usually Yields Better and Matures Earlier Poor Land Can be Used. Fall seeding of oats has numerous advantages over spring seeding where the fall-sown varieties can be successfully grown, as In the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana; In Virginia and North Carolina, except In the Piedmont and mountain sections ; and In southern and eastern Texas, announce specialists of the United States department of agriculture, In Farmers' Bulletin 1119, entitled "Fall-Sown "Fall-Sown Oats." Under climatic conditions In those states the fall-sown crop usually yields better and matures earlier. The land can usually be prepared In better shape In the fall than In the spring. Fall seeding Interferes less with oilier work. Poorer land and less fertilizer can be used. The fnll-sown crop fur nlshes a cover for the soil during the winter and prevents washing. The bulletin sets forth the varieties of oats that can best be grown In the South and details the soils and fertilizers ferti-lizers that should be used. It Is recommended rec-ommended that, wherever possible, oats should follow a cultivated crop. One of the best rotations for the cotton-growing sections Is: First year, cotton ; second year, corn with cow-peas cow-peas planted at the last cultivation; third year, fall-sown oats, followed by cowpeas. Oulslde the cotton-growing section a good rotation, Including oa(n, is: First year, corn with cowpeas In the corn; second year, oats, with clover clo-ver or grass seeded In the oats; third year, meadow or pasture. Other arrangements ar-rangements are also suggested. The bulletin details the preparation of the land, (he preparation of the seed, the treatment of the seed for smut, the sowing of the seed, methods of seeding, treatment of the land after seeding, methods of harvesting, ami the utilization of the crop. Farmer's Bulletin 1119 can be hud upon request of the United Stales ile-'partment ile-'partment of agriculture, Washington. IX C. |