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BULLETIN 268, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF" AGRICULTURE. 



tillage sometimes produces a crop when other methods fail, it seems 

 that it might have a place in the production of oats, even though 

 somewhat greater net profits may be obtained in the average of a 

 series of years by other methods. Surety of production, especially 

 of feed crops, is as important, if not more important, than the amount 

 of net profits per acre. 



BARLEY. 



In Table V are brought together for the several stations the average 

 yields of barley from different methods of preparation. The profit 

 or loss per acre for the average crop for each method for which it 

 has been computed is also shown. 



Table V. — Average yields and digest of cost of production per acre of barley by different 

 methods of tillage at fourteen stations in the Great Plains area. 





Fall 

 plowed. 



Spring 

 plowed. 



Disked. 



Listed. 



Subsoiled. 



Green 

 manured. 



Summer 

 tilled. 



6 



> 



03 



Points covered. 



8 



03 



ft 



2 



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 05 



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Yields (bushels): 



5 



24.0 



9 



2 

 10 

 12 

 16 



6 

 12 



4 

 16 

 12 

 12 

 10 



8 

 12 



24.0 



29.6 



16.1 



24.6 



18.5 



25.5 



8.3- 



15.4 



15.9 



18.8 



11.2 



4.3 



1.9 



5.7 



5 



8 



5 



6 



8 



3 



6 



2 



8 



18 



36 



15 



12 



6 



29.0 

 34.5 

 27.5 

 37.4 

 23.4 

 14.9 

 12.2 

 18.6 

 13.4 

 18.4 

 14.1 

 8.9 

 1.6 

 6.6 



5 



29.0 



5 



30.5 







5 



30.2 





Huntley 



4 



43.8 



2 



Williston 



5 

 6 

 8 

 3 

 6 

 2 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 



17.4 

 25.1 

 16.7 

 19.9 

 7.6 

 14.0 

 17.1 

 18.6 

 13.6 

 6.9 

 3.9 

 8.2 











5 

 6 

 8 

 3 

 6 

 2 

 8 

 6 

 6 



28.8 

 32.5 

 20.0 

 31.8 

 12.6 

 27.6 

 26.7 

 24.8 

 19.3 



















6 



3 



Edgeley 















Hettinger 

















Belle Fourche 



6 

 2 



7.7 

 14.4 



6 



2 



8.0 

 15.0 









Scottsblufl 









North Platte 







8 





6 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 



17.9 

 12.7 

 8.3 

 4.4 

 6.1 



6 

 6 



5 



u.b 



14.6 

 6.9 







6 

 6 





12 



15.5 



Garden City 



5 11.0 

 4 6.4 



6 12.6 











6 



6.8 







6 









Cost of production 



Profit or loss (— ): 



Judith Basin 



$6.46 

 3.38 



$5.99 



3.85 



6.15 



.61 



4.10 



1.60 



4.47 



-2.59 



.32 



.53 



1.72 



-1.40 



-4.23 



-5.21 



3 flR 



$4.65 



7.24 



9.50 



6.63 



10.68 



4.94 



1.46 



.35 



2.98 



. .84 



2.89 



1.13 



-1.00 



-3.99 



$5.45 

 6.44 



$7.07 



5.44 



$14.51 



$11.40 

 .98 



2 



Huntley 



< 



!.45 





Williston 



.67 

 3.83 



.39 



1.70 



-3.34 



- .72 

 .55 



1.17 



- .88 

 -3.63 

 -4.86 

 —3.10 







.41 

 1.93 



-3.20 

 1.64 



-6.23 



- .08 



- .45 

 -1.23 

 -3.49 

 -6.89 

 -8.78 



5 



Dickinson 











Edgeley 











Hettinger 









3 



Belle Fourche 



-2.29 

 .45 



-3.79 



— Q9 





Scottsblufl 





2 



8 



North Platte 









Akron 



1.89 

 - .24 

 -2.05 

 -3.65 



i as 





6 

 6 



Hays 



-1.08 

 -4.24 



- 



8.15 



Garden City 



Dalhart 





4 



Amarillo 







6 





























It is conspicuous in Table V that the yields at Belle Fourche, 

 Garden City, Dalhart, and Amarillo have been markedly lower than 

 at the 10 other stations. While some methods have increased the 

 yields at these stations, they have not brought them up to a point 

 that offers much encouragement for the growth of this crop. The 



