The paper presents the results of a study on sowing value of spring barley and oats grain obtained from pure crop and mixture. The grain of both cereals originated from a strict static field experiment carried out during the years 1996-1998 on medium soil of a very good rye complex. The scope of analyses and tests conducted annually covered the major features that determine the sowing value of grain. The results obtained indicate that barley found more favourable conditions in a mixture obtaining in that case higher 1000 grain weight values, uniformity, germination energy and capacity as well as vigour and health status than in monoculture. Different results were obtained for oats where in the majority of the parameters examined its grain originating from monoculture showed a significant advantage over that from the mixture applied, in particular, germination energy and capacity, vigour and health status. Similarities to barley, i.e. better results in case of a mixture were recorded only for 1000 grain weight, their uniformity and contents of offal.

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