OATS IE" THE GBEAT PLAINS AEEA. 



33 



Table XVI. — Yields and cost of production of oats by different methods at the Garden 

 City Field Station, 1909 to 1914, inclusive. 



Treatment and previous crop. 



Number 

 of plats 

 averaged. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Average. 



Fall plowed : 



Wheat 



3 



1 

 1 



2.1 

 3.2 

 3.1 



6.6 

 10.3 



10.0 





 

 





 

 





 





 

 

 





 





 



17.0 

 23.1 



29.7 



C 1 ) 

 0) 

 C 1 ) 



C 1 ) 

 C 1 ) 

 0) 



C 1 ) 



(') 

 (') 



C 1 ) 



(') 



0) 



(') 



0) 



13.3 

 8.1 

 12.8 



7.8 





8.9 





11.1 









5 



2.5 



8.0 



20.8 



12.2 



8.7 







Spring plowed : 



1 

 1 

 2 



1.3 



1.0 

 3.1 



7.2 

 5.3 

 7.4 



21.9 



8.8 



22.9 



2.2 

 



7.6 



Oats 



3.5 





8.4 









4 



2.1 



6.8 



19.1 



2.2 



6.0 









1 



1 



2.6 

 2.2 



10.0 

 11.6 



15.9 

 27.8 



17.3 

 22.2 



9.2 





12.8 







Disked: 



8 

 1 

 2 

 2 



1.5 





 .6 

 1.2 



9.3 

 7. 5 

 5.7 

 5. 5 



21.8 

 8.8 

 28.0 

 27.1 



12.2 



9.0 





4.1 



Milo 



8.6 





8.5 









13 



1.2 



8.0 



22.5 



12.2 



8.8 







Green manure: 



Rye 



1 

 1 



1.0 



.9 



12.8 

 12.8 



20.2 

 22.5 



10.5 



9.0 





9.1 









2 



1.2 



12.8 



21.4 



10.5 



9.2 









3 



4.6 



16.2 



25.8 



17.2 



12.8 











2.0 



9.2 



22.0 



13.1 



9.3 









Summary of Yields and Digest of Cost. 





Tillage treatment. 



Previous crop. 



Yields, values, etc., 

 (average per acre). 



C3 



a 

 -a 



CD 



is 



o 

 ft 



73 



3 

 a 



■d 



o 

 fe 



o 

 a 

 to 



.3 

 a 



21 



a 



CO 



■O 



o 



5 



03 



a 



3 



_CB 

 '3 



■2 



CO 



a 



CM 



-d 



o 



H 



3 



a 



a 



o 



o 



O 



+3 



a 



CO 



■d 



ca 



o 



a 

 a 



m 



21 

 a 

 o 



a 

 %* 

 o 

 a 



_c3 



a 



OS 



.g 



a 



CO 



"a 



a 



O 

 CO 



a 



CM 



o 



C3 



a 

 M 



Yields of {Train: 

 1909... bushels.. 



1910 do.... 



1911 do.... 



1912 do.... 



1913 do.... 

 1914 do.... 



2.5 

 8.0 

 

 20.8 



(') 

 12.2 



2.1 



6.8 

 

 19.1 



P) 



2.2 



1.2 

 8.0 

 



22.5 



( x ) 



12.2 



2.2 

 11.6 





 27.8 



C 1 ) 



22.2 



2.6 

 10.0 







15.9 

 (') 

 17.3 



1.2 

 12.8 





 21.4 



C 1 ) 

 10.5 



4.6 

 16.2 





 25.8 



C 1 ) 

 17.2 



1.8 



8.9 

 

 22.0 



« 



12.2 



2.2 

 8.2 

 

 19.8 



C 1 ) 

 12.8 







7.5 







8.8 



C 1 ) 



( 2 ) 







5.7 

 

 28.0 

 C 1 ) 

 ( 2 ) 



1.2 



5.5 





 27.1 

 0) 

 ( 2 ) 



Average 



8.7 



6.0 



8.8 



12.8 



9.2 



9.2 



12.8 



9.0 



8.6 



4.1 



8.6 



8.5 



Crop value, cost, 

 etc.: 



S2.61 

 6.31 



81.80 

 5.84 



S2.64 

 4.50 



S3. 84 

 5.30 



82.76 

 6.92 



§2.76 

 14.36 



S3. 84 

 11.25 





Cost 



























—3.70 



—4.04 



—1.86 



—1.46 



—4.16 



-11.60 



—7.41 

















Destroyed by hail. 



2 Discontinued. 



