OATS IN THE UNITED STATES 



145 



Iowa and Illinois far exceed the others, producing 27 per cent 

 of the crop. 



FIG. 54. Compact side oats, and open type of semiside oats. Varieties, Clydsdale and 



Black Finnish. 



Production of Oats, 1919-1021 



State 



Iowa 



Illinois 



Minnesota . . . 

 Wisconsin . . . 

 Nebraska 

 South Dakota 



Bushels 



192,470,000 



1 40,;if>4,000 



110,576,000 



83,419,000 



74,351,000 



63,557,000 



Per cent of crop 



of United States 



15.4 



11.3 



8.9 



6.7 



6. 



5.1 



Total 664,927,000 



All others 582,089,000 



53.4 

 46.6 



United States 1,247,016,000 100.0 



While oats as a crop appear to reach their highest development 

 in quality and yield somewhat north of the Corn Belt, yet they are 



