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MIDSUMMER FARM CATALOGUE

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for the same purposes th at winter rye is u sed at the North. Sown
in the fall it produces winter and spr in g grazing and a crop of
grain all from one seeding. Of course the pasturing cannot be carried on very late in spring, .but the oats will carry a moderate
a mount of stock through wInter ·and untIl grass pastures are
ready. Th ese oats may be sown any time from August 1st to
October 1st but early September is probably the best time in ·ordinary seasons. Th ey are not always dependable in Iowa, but are
probably equal in hardiness to the common varieties of winter
wheat which were grown here before the Turkish Red was introduced. It Is, however, a most valuable crop in latitudes south of
the Missouri line, as it nearly always makes a good crop of grain
and never fails in its grazing value. Mr. Chas. Scht>dlebow E.r. of
'Willow Hill, Ill., reports 31'1.. bushels of Winter Turf Oats from
one bushel of seed purchased of us and states that they stocd up
well and did not rust. They are quite heavy, stooling extra well ,
often growing 25 to 40 stalks f r om a single grain and therefore
need not be sown quite so thickl y as ordinary oats if a grain crop
alone is desired. If they are to be graz e d. however, we recommend seeding 3'1.. bushels per acre as it is lik e 'v to be thinn ed out
somewhat by the stock. Any farmer who k ee ps live stock in the
localities suitable for winter oats should not fail to grow th e m .
They will produce so much green pasture a t the season when
grass pastures are dead that they will maintain the stock all winte,r with onl y a trifling addition of grain. It seems to us that these
wmter grams (rye and oats) afford great opportunities for cheap
gre"n feed for stock during the time that grass pastures are not
avaIlabl e, and we are convinced that a trial of rye in the North
and oats in the South will demonstra t e th e ir v a lue to the stock
grower. The oats will n early always live through the winter in
~he south half of Iowa, but as they offer no crop other than grazmg which iR superior to spring grown oats, a nd as we co nsider
rye superior to them for grazing, we only offer the Winter Turf
Oats to our Iowa customers as valuable wh e n pasturage or hay
crops are short. To our friends in Missouri. K,msas, Oklahoma
and other southern s tates, vfe do most hea rtily recommend them
as superior to rye for winte r grazing and for general crop.
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In our article on Sand Vetch in this c irc ul a r we re commend the
Reeding of Vetc h and rye tog e ther for f a ll , winter and spring pasturage or hay. a nd we can recommend the use of Winter Turf
Oats in place of ry e for this purpose in lo calities where the oats
a re dep e nd a bl e. The oats are s uperior to rye, as th ey do n ot hav e
the hars h beards of the rye and are preferred by the stocIt as a
grain r a tion . About o];le bushel of oats and a half bush el of V e tch
will ~eed a n acre. Our tra de in Winter Oats has grown considera bly the past few years, a nd we fe e l sure that as they become better known and th e ir v a lu e ap preciat e d th e demand will grow to
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