Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Ten Years' Experience With the Swedish Select Oat
In the region between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains one of the best-known varieties of oat at present is the Swedish Select. The annual production of this variety in the area mentioned is already at least bushels, and in certain localities it has for some time entirely replaced all other kinds. It is the most popular oat in Wisconsin and adjacent districts, and the acreage sown each year has increased rapidly. Yet up to 1899 this cat was quite unknown in North America. The Swedish Select oat was introduced into the United States by the writer in the spring of 1899 in time for planting that season. It was obtained, along with other cereals, while making an exploration Of the cold and semiarid regions of Russia and western Siberia in 1898 - 99 in search of cereals adapted to corresponding conditions in this country. At the same time two other oat varieties were obtained, one of which, the Tobolsk, is of much Value, but the Swedish Select is proving to be by far the best of the three in nearly every respect. It originated in Sweden as a pedigree variety developed by selection many years ago and was afterwards grown in Finland and in St. Petersburg Province, Russia. Under the severe weather conditions of these localities it became well acclimated for a cold and dry climate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.