OATS IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 



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Table IX.- 



Yields and cost of production of oats by different methods at the Edgeley 

 Field Station, 1907 to 1914, inclusive. 



Treatment and previous crop. 



Number 

 of plats 

 averaged. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Average. 



Fall plowed: 



Wheat 



4 

 1 

 1 

 1 



28.0 

 21.4 

 32.5 



25.5 

 15.3 

 15.9 

 22.5 



59.3 



46.8 

 60.3 

 53.1 



10.7 

 10.3 

 14.3 

 15.6 



2.8 

 .3 



1.6 

 .6 



61.1 

 60.3 

 57.8 

 55.0 



34.3 

 21.5 

 27.5 

 27.5 



51.3 



30.0 

 48.5 

 50.3 



34.1 





25.7 





32.3 



Flax 



32.1 









7 



27.6 



21.7 



56.7 



11.8 



1.9 



59.6 



30.5 



47.7 



32.2 







Spring plowed: 



Wheat 



2 

 1 

 2 



29.7 

 21.3 

 15.2 



20.6 

 16.9 

 20.8 



54.2 

 57.5 

 59.8 



9.7 

 6.2 



7.8 



2.4 



.5 



7.1 



56.2 



53.8 

 73.6 



46.4 

 28.4 

 40.6 



44.0 

 36.9 

 33.3 



32.9 



Oats 



27.7 



Corn 



32.3 







Total or average 



5 



20.4 



19.8 



57.1 



8.2 



3.9 



62.7 



40.5 



38.3 



31.4 







Sod breaking: 



Alfalfa 



1 

 1 

 1 



33.8 



9.7 

 16.3 

 11.3 



48.7 

 55.0 

 50.3 



3.8 

 8.1 

 3.1 



.2 

 .6 

 5.0 



45.3 

 54.4 

 49.1 



8.7 

 37.1 

 51.5 



42.2 

 41.3 



47.8 



22.7 





30.8 



Clover 



31.2 







Total or average 



3 



33.8 



12.4 



51.3 



5.0 



1.9 



49.6 



32.5 



43.8 



28.8 







Disked: Com 



7 



28.2 



20.1 



55.4 



7.9 



3.7 



60.5 



43.6 



48.2 



33.5 







Green manured: 



Rye 



1 

 1 

 1 



37.5 

 32.5 



24.7 

 19.4 

 19.4 



61.8 

 53.8 

 45.3 



9.3 

 6.5 

 7.1 



10.9 

 1.7 

 .3 



75.0 

 64.4 

 61.2 



40.0 

 53.7 

 35.9 



48.5 

 46.9 

 50.9 



38.5 



Peas 



34.9 



Sweet clover 



31.4 









3 



35.0 



21.2 



53.6 



7.6 



4.3 



66.9 



43.2 



48.8 



35.1 







Summer tilled 



5 



33.8 



19.9 



59.0 



11.0 



9.3 



70.9 



54.1 



48.1 



38.3 











27.9 



19.6 



56.0 



9.1 



4.1 



61.9 



40.6 



46.0 



33.2 









Summary op Yields and Digest of Cost. 





Tillage treatment. 



Previous crop. 



Yields, values, etc. 

 (average per acre). 



Fall 

 plowed 



(7 plats). 



Spring 

 plowed 

 (5 plats). 



Disked 



(7 plats). 



Green 

 manured 

 (3 plats). 



Summer 



tilled 

 (5 plats). 



Sod (3 

 plats). 



Corn (9 

 plats). 



Small 

 grain 



(9 

 plats). 



Flax(l 

 plat). 



Yields of grain: 



1907 bushels.. 



1908 do.... 



1909 do.... 



1910 do.... 



1911 do.... 



1912 do.... 



1913 do.... 



1914 do.... 



27.6 

 21.7 

 56.7 

 11.8 

 1.9 

 59.6 

 30.5 

 47.7 



20.4 

 19.8 

 57.1 

 8.2 

 3.9 

 62.7 

 40.5 

 38.3 



28.2 



20.1 

 55.4 

 7.9 

 3.7 

 60.5 

 43.6 

 48.2 



35.0 

 21.2 

 53.6 

 7.6 

 4.3 

 66.9 

 43.2 

 48.8 



33.8 

 19.9 

 59.0 

 11.0 

 9.3 

 70.9 

 54.1 

 48.1 



33.8 

 12.4 

 51.3 

 5.0 

 1.9 

 49.6 

 32.5 

 43.8 



23.0 

 20.3 

 56.3 

 7.9 

 4.4 

 63.4 

 42.9 

 44.9 



27.0 

 20.8 

 56.7 

 10.3 

 2.0 

 58.7 

 34.2 

 45.4 



22.5 

 33.1 

 15.6 

 .6 

 55.0 

 27.5 

 50.3 





32.2 



31.4 



33.5 



35.1 



38.3 



28.8 



32.9 



31.9 



32.1 







Crop value, cost, etc.: 

 V alue 



$9.66 

 6.31 



$9.42 

 5.84 



$10. 05 

 4.50 



$10. 53 

 14.36 



$11.49 

 11.25 





Cost 





















Profit or loss 



3.35 



3.58 



5.55 



-3.83 



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1 Additions were made to the work at this station in the spring of 1909. The number of plats shown in 

 the average is the number from 1909 to 1913, but it is not in all cases correct for 1907 and 1908. 



The yields of oats following rye plowed under for green manure 

 have averaged practically the same as those on summer-tilled land. 

 The yields following peas as a green manure have not averaged 



