OATS IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 



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been the poorest in the field. This plat is plowed shallow and given 

 little cultivation. It also has a poor location in the field and results 

 from it are entitled to little weight. 



Table XII.— Yields and cost of production of oats by different methods at the Scottsbluff 

 Field Station, 1912, 1913, and 1914. 





Number 

 of plats 

 averaged. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



Treatment and previous crop. 

 1 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Average. 



Fall plowed: 



Wheat 



4 

 1 

 1 

 1 



11.5 



21.6 



9.0 



38.4 



20.4 

 16.9 

 22.2 

 25.0 



20.2 

 14.7 

 15.9 

 10.0 



17.4 





17.7 





15.7 



Flax 



54.5 









7 



16.4 



20.8 



17.3 



18.2 







Spring plowed: 



Wheat 



2 

 1 

 2 

 1 



25.5 

 19.4 

 33.8 

 35.0 



25.8 

 15.0 

 20.8 

 39.7 



14.4 

 8.4 

 13.9 

 14.4 



21.9 





14.3 





22.8 





29.7 









6 



28.8 



24.7 



13.2 



22.2 







Sod breaking: 



Alfalfa 



1 

 2 

 1 



41.9 

 C 1 ) 

 C 1 ) 



13.4 

 27.6 

 20.0 



5.6 

 14.4 



17.8 



20.3 





21.0 





18.9 









4 



41.9 



22.1 



13.0 



25.7 









1 



1 

 8 



27.8 

 25.3 

 43.0 



17.5 

 23.1 

 19.8 



15.9 

 12.8 

 16.0 



20.4 





20.4 





26.3 







Green manured: 



Rye 



2 

 3 



34.6 

 29.6 



35.3 

 29.4 



21.4 

 23.4 



30.4 





27.5 









5 



31.6 



31.8 



22.6 



28.7 









4 



45.5 



44.0 



25.0 



38.2 











32.3 



25.4 



17.3 



25.0 









Summary of Yields and Digest of Cost. 





Tillage treatment. 



Previous crop. 



Yields, values, 



etc. (average 



per acre). 



Fall 

 plowed 



(7 

 plats). 



Spring 



plowed 



(6 



plats). 



Disked 



(8 

 plats). 



Listed 

 (lplat). 



Sub- 

 soiled 

 (1 plat). 



Green 

 ma- 

 nured 

 (5 



plats). 



Sum- 

 mer 

 tilled 



(4 

 plats). 



Corn 



(10 



plats). 



Small 

 grain 



(ii 



plats). 



Sod 



(4 



plats). 



Flax 



(1 



plat). 



Yields of grain: 

 1912. ...bush.. 



1913 do 



1914.... do.... 



16.4 

 20.8 

 17.3 



28.8 

 24.7 

 13.2 



43.0 

 19.8 

 16.0 



25.3 

 23.1 

 12.8 



27.8 

 17.5 

 15.9 



31.6 

 31.8 

 22.6 



45.5 

 44.0 

 25.0 



41.1 

 20.0 

 15.6 



18.2 



20.7 

 16.1 



41.9 

 22.1 

 13.0 



38.4 

 25.0 

 10.0 



Average 



18.2 



22.2 



26.3 



20.4 



20.4 



28.7 



38.2 



$11. 46 

 11.25 



25.6 



18.3 



25.7 



24.5 



Crop value, cost, 

 etc.: 



$5.46 

 6.31 



$6.66 

 5.84 



$7.89 

 4.50 



S6.12 

 5.30 



$6.12 

 6.92 



$8.61 

 14.36 





Cost 





















Profit or 



- .85 



.82 



3.39 



.82 



- .80 



-5.75 



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!In 1911 brome-grass and clover did not come up, so these plats were summer tilled, and, therefore, 

 the yields are not figured in these tables. 



