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Show OATS SUITED TO IRRIGATION Kherson Variety Has Been Found Especially Suitable on Account of Its Early Ripening. In reply to a query as to whether oats grown in Iowa would do well on irrigated r land in Kimball county. Nebraska, -E. A. Burnett, director of the Nebraska experiment . station, makes the following reply: It is always a doubtful policy to transfer, seed grain from one region to another unless the climatic conditions condi-tions in the region to which the grain is transferred are very . similar to those where the grain is formerly raised. Experiments at the Nebraska station show that corn which ' has been acclimated by growing it several years in the same locality yields better bet-ter than when first Introduced from s different locality,' especially rora one where the rainfall is greatei' and thf elevation and the climatic, conditions differ. If these oats are to be used under irrigation, as suggested., the later varieties may be suitable, since, it is assumed that plenty of water can be furnished for the crop, during the period when it is maturing. The pat which has proved most suitable for Central and western Nebraska, and In fact for eastern Nebraska sunder natural rainfall, is the Kherpon.oat. which is common in Nebraska and may possibly be raised in Iowa. Should. .this variety be the1 Kherson oat,,, it is entirely, possible- that it might be suitable, for Kimball, county. The Kherson oat has been found specially spe-cially ' suitable for Nebraska on account ac-count of its early ripening.' 1 '' In years when "the; summer .drouth cuts off the moisture supply,, and, the hot ' winds burn the lateri varieties, the Kherson has often been ripe and harvested before these ' drouths be-, come, severe. : .Under irrigation the later oats are grown in western, Nebraska Ne-braska and are thought to. outyield the1 early varieties. My advice would be to purchase seed' oats that have previously been grown under irrigation in Scotts Bluff or Kimball county or in eastern Colorado. I |