VALUE OF THE INTRODUCTION. 



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is probably not far from $3,000,000 annually, and certainly over 

 $2,500,000, but the more conservative figures will be used. 



The estimated production of the Swedish Select oat in Wisconsin 

 ranges from 150,000 bushels in 1903 to 30,000,000 bushels in 1908. 

 This rapid increase is shown graphically in figure 3. Figure 4 shows 

 the average farm value of the entire oat crop of Wisconsin, that of the 

 Swedish Select oat alone, and the increase in farm value of the entire 

 crop due to the use of the Swedish Select variety. 



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Fig. 4. — Diagram showing in millions of dollars the average farm value of the entire oat crop in Wiscon- 

 sin, that of the Swedish Select oat, and the annual increase in the farm value of the entire crop due 

 to the use of the Swedish Select variety. 



Outside of the State of Wisconsin the present production of the 

 Swedish Select oat is more difficult to estimate, but, as already stated in 

 the introduction, the entire production in the United States is surely 

 50,000,000 bushels annually. Using this figure, the present farm value 

 of the Swedish Select oat at the average farm price per bushel for the 

 years 1904-1908 is at least $18,350,000 annually. 



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