| Show MANY WAYS OF SOWING OATS question arise arises as to advisability of making any preparation of the soil oats has been such an uncertain crop in many of tho the western states often the best crop being from a held field th chatas that atas wasson sown broadcast and scratched in any old wa a that a question ha has 5 been raised among farmers as to th the e advisability of making on pre para tion of the soil other than getting the seed scattered and enough soil sll worked up to coor them in some sections this lack of the proper preparation Is the rule rather than the exception A great many so BOW the aeed seed among corn stalks and disc or cover with the cultivator harrowing aft afterward erard in 11 some caseb casei this plan has produced good crops but from my and experience the best beat crops of oats are grown on land that has been well broken either in the fall or iho tho arly sarly spring and the oate onto drilled in at the rate rato of two bushels to the acre in in this when seed are put allia rain t to 0 nai to a there la Is no trusting begin to w v will I 1 the and them covering to i seed A are re at once the germinate depal W put in the ground to the bams resulting in an even stand top I 1 oil when the seed are so vw v ii be so some disked in to cultivated or covered deep and in born ome bard e cg 3 es ill P get low loa or not at all the seek ee of few v some of them or in a 0 tat I 1 not NU ul dry weather they on once if it a hard rain cornea comes beell has baab and before the harrow dete defer be over the ground it can can oe sm smoothed that a binder 1 the over it ft eulth comfort to |