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TABLE VI.— AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE AND VALUE OF CROPS GROWN IN ROTATION 



AND GROWN CONTINUOUSLY. 



Rotations and average crop yields per acre. 



Corn 34 



Corn 36 



Corn 36,0 



Corn 33.4 



Beans 14.1 



Beans 11.4 



Corn 30.8 



.5 

 .4 



bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 tons 



Oats 44 



Rye. . . 

 Wheat. 

 Wheat . 

 Wheat . 

 Oats. . . 



Beans 10 



Rye 30 



Wheat .... 28 



Oats 39 



Com 34 



Beets 4 



Potatoes 96 



Potatoes. ... 92 



Beets 5.61 



Beets 4.48 tons 



Corn 39.6 



Wheat, continuously 19 



Corn, continuously 28 



Beans, continuously 9 



Beets, continuously 4 



Potatoes, continuously 80 



Timothy, continuously 1 



'\lfalfa, continuously 2 







3 



4 



4 



5 



2 







6 



5 



3 



2 



63 



7 



5. 



1.. 



89. 



2.. 



23. 



13. 



bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 

 bu. 



bu. 



Clover. . .' 1 .28 tons. 



Clover 1 . 53 tons . 



Clover 1 . 52 tons . 



Timothy 1.45 tons. 



Clover 1 .42 tons. 



Clover 1 . 59 tons . 



Clover, soy beans. . . 9.13 .... 



Clover 1.88 tons. 



Clover 1 . 59 tons . 



Clover 2.02 tons. 



Clover, soy beans. . . 1.13 



Clover, soy beans. . . 1 1 . 96 



Total 

 value of 

 crops per 

 rotation. 



$50 56 

 .59 41 

 59 66 

 54 

 61 



57 

 12 



49 35 



83 65 



83 13 



62 00 

 55 93 

 69 98 

 53 19 

 18 40 

 46 41 

 73 35 



108 27 



36 90 



63 90 



The value of the above crops are based on the following prices: Corn, 65c; oats, 35c; wheat, 90c; 

 rye, 70c; beans, $1.70; soy beans, $2.25; potatoes, 45c per bu.; hay $10.00 and beets, $5.00 per ton. 



In the rotation of corn, small grains and clover, better crops of corn 

 and better crops of clover have been secured in the wheat and rye rota- 

 tions as compared with the oat rotation. The yield of wheat in pounds 

 is about equal to the yield of oats but the yield of rye in pounds is about 

 sixteen percent higher than the oats. The value of the wheat and rye 

 crops are both about 34 per cent in excess of the value of the oat crop 

 which would indicate that on land of this type the wheat and rye are 

 at least better cash crops than oats. 



The yields of timothy in the corn, wheat, timothy plat have been nearly 

 as large as the clover in the corn, wheat, clover rotation but the yield 

 of corn has been seven percent lower and the wheat fourteen percent 

 lower than in the corn, wheat, clover rotation. It has been impossible 

 to secure stands of timothy that have been entirely free from clover as 

 there has always been some volunteer clover. 



The yield of wheat in the beans, wheat, clover rotation was slightly 

 larger than in the corn, wheat, clover rotation, but the yield of oats in 

 the beans, oats, clover rotation were slightly lower than in the corn, 

 oats, clover rotation. Conclusions in regard to the relative effect of 

 corn and beans in these rotations should be reserved until additional 

 data are secured. The yields of all the crops in the potatoes, rye, clover 

 rotation were slightly higher than in the potatoes, wheat, clover rota- 

 tion, though the total value of the crop was approximately the same. 

 In both these rotations the yields of small grain and hay w^ere slightly 

 higher than in the corn, rye, clover; and corn, wheat, clover rotations. 



In the beets, oats, clover rotation the average yield of beets has been 

 rather small (5.61 tons per acre) principally on account of the soil be- 

 ing poorly adapted to this crop. The average yield of oats, however, has 

 been fairly good and the yield of clover has been larger than from any of 

 the other rotation plats. 



The beets, corn, clover and the corn, beets, clover rotations have not 

 proved to be practical rotations, both on account of the two cultivated 



