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Show llxiicrlincnla With (lata. The Alabama Experiment Station has been making somo experiments with oats, and gives the following summary of the results: Among a number of varieties of oats tested none wob found superior In yield to tho common Itcd Itust Proof oat. Varieties which produced modcrato yields of grains and relatively largo amounts of tall fino straw were Myer'i Turf and Hatchett's Dlack. Those and related varieties are bardy, and aro valuablo for grazing and for forago. In threo different experiments Red Itust Proof oats sown in November yielded 7.9, 11.8, and 9.7 bushels per aero moro than the same kind of Bced sown from February 9 to March 1. The average Increase In theso threo experiments experi-ments duo to fall sowing was 9.8 bushels, Tho period between October 1 and Novembor 15 Is suggested as tho best tlmo for sowing tho bulk ot tho crop ot Itcd Rust Proof oats in central Alabama. Ala-bama. A comparison of cotton seed and cotton cot-ton seed meal applied both In fall and spring was rendered Inconclusive by reason of unfavorable weather. Cowpea vines, plowed under, Increased Increas-ed tho yield ot oats sown In February to tho extent ot 10.4 bushels per aero. Tho yield ot fall-sown oats on land whero cowpen vines bad been plowed under (after 11 bushels of pens per aero had been picked) was 2S.0 bushels per aero against 7 1 bushels on a plot previously abandoned to weeds and crab grass, a gain of 21.5 bushels ot oats. The plot on which only tho roots and stubble of cowpea vines wero plowed under yielded 34.4 bushels ot oats por acre, agnlnst 9.7 bushels whero German millet stubblo had been plowed und(.r, an lncrcaso of 24.7 bushels of oats per acre. Considering ylold of peas and of bay and yield of the succeeding oat crop, It was more profltnblo to cut cow-peas cow-peas for bay than to pick tho peas and plow under the vines. Nitrate of soda applied as n top dressing on both fall-sown and spring-town spring-town oats, was most profltablo whoa applied not later than the last of March, or at least Ii5 days beforo the t grain was mature, i Eighty pounds of dltrato of soda per aero afforded a profit when applied In March. In ono experiment this amount of nltrato of soda afforded a yield of l 29.3 bushels of oats per acre, while ICO lbs, of nltrato ot soda per acre resulted result-ed In a yield of 34.1 bushels. This was an Increase over tho plot receiving no nitrate of soda ot 12.9 bushels with tho smaller quantity of fertilizer and 17.7 I bushels with the larger amount; there sass greater profit on tho Investment when SO pounds was employed. On soil well supplied with vegetable matter, plots receiving CC0 lbs. of slaked slak-ed llmo per acre nt time of planting yielded more than plots not limed. Dut slaked llmo applied as a top dressing In March on oats growing on sandy land deflelent In vogetablo mattor fulled to Increase tbo ylold In a co-operative fertilizer experiment experi-ment conducted near Auburn with oats sown In February, drought caused the crop to fall on all plots. Tho greatest resistance to drought and tho largest yields were obtained on the plots receiving re-ceiving kalnlt. Scalding seed oats for 10 to 16 minutes min-utes In water kept at a temperature ot 130 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit effectually effectual-ly prevented smut here. This Is a standard, cheap and effective method of preventing smut, and the saving resulting result-ing from this treatment ot seed oatr Is usual 6 to 20 per cent |