CHAPTER VIII. 

 Oats, Wheat and Cotton. 



Oats is one of our natioiA staple products. The three great 

 cereal crops of the United States in the order of their impor- 

 tance are Corn, Wheat and Oats. 



The states that lead in the production of oats, in the order 

 of the amount of yield are as follows : Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, 

 Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska. 



PROBLEMS. 



1. The average yield of oats in the United States for the ten year 

 period, 1900-1909, was 29.5 bushels per acre; the average price per bushel 

 on December 1, for the same ten year period was 35.5 cents per bushel. 

 What was the average gross income per acre? 



2. In 1900 we had 27,365,000 acres sown and harvested. In 1910 

 there were 37,548,000 acres sown and harvested. In the period from 1900 

 to 1910 there was a gradual increase in the number of acres sown. The 

 year 1910 shows what per cent gain over the year 1900? 



3. In the year 1910 the production of oats was 1,186,341,000 bushels, 

 and the average price December 1, 1910, was 34.4 cents; what was the 

 value of the oats crop to the farmers of the United States? ' 



4. Referring to the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 

 what was the average production and total production and the average 

 price December 1, and the total farm value of the oats in your state in 

 1910? 



The experiences of several of the great oats growing states 

 are summed up briefly in the following statements so that the 

 student may understand the chief essentials of success in growing 

 this crop. 



To Increase the Yield of Oats. 



The best authorities are agreed upon the following practices : 



1. Selection of variety of greatest yield known to the state. 



2. Let the experiment station import new varieties and make tests. 



3. Get your information from your own state experiment station. 



