CORN IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 



Table IV. — Comparative cost per acre of producing corn by different methods. 1 

 [Averages of data from eight stations.] 



13 





Number of operations. 



"3 



Cost per acre. 



Total cost of pro- 

 duction. 

























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+3 f-t 



Method of prepara- 











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tion. 



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'3 PI'S 







1 



1.4 



i 



.6 





SO. 92 

 2.40 



SO. 22 

 .22 



$0.60 

 .25 



$1.14 

 1.14 



$1.50 

 1.50 



$1.60 

 1.60 



5.98 

 7.11 



1.50 



1.78 



15 



Spring plowed 



i 



17.8 



1 

 l 



1.4 



1.4 

 1.4 

 8.3 



1.1 

 1.1 

 3 



0.5 



2.78 

 3.47 

 6.05 



.22 

 .22 

 .22 



.25 

 .25 

 .25 



1.14 

 1.14 



1.14 



1.50 

 1.50 

 1.50 



1.60 

 1.60 

 3.20 



7.49 

 8.18 

 12.36 



1.87 

 2.05 

 3.09 



18.7 





20.5 



Summer tilled 



30.9 



1 This cost does not include an estimate of the cost of husking and cribbing. 



2 The cost of cultivation is based on three cultivations. 



RESULTS AT INDIVIDUAL STATIONS. 



Tables V to XVII, inclusive, present for each station the results of 

 different methods of seed-bed preparation for corn. Each table pre- 

 sents the results for a single station. Except at stations where no 

 grain was produced, the yields of both grain and stover by each of the 

 methods studied are given for each year. The average yield of both 

 grain and stover is also given for the entire period of years under 

 study. The value of each of these is computed separately and 

 shown. In the line designated " Total value" the combined value of 

 both grain and stover is given. In the line designated "Cost" is given 

 for each method of tillage the cost of production as determined in 

 accordance with the explanation already made. In the last line of 

 the table is given the profit or loss by each method as shown by the 

 foregoing determinations. This is not given as being absolute, but 

 is shown as a basis for the comparison of different methods of pro- 

 ducing the corn crop and for comparing the production of corn with 

 other crops. 



JUDITH BASIN FIELD STATION. 



During the five years covered by the records of the field station at 

 Moccasin,, Mont., in the Judith Basin, good average yields of corn 

 fodder have been produced. No marketable grain has been obtained. 

 The season is so short, and at this altitude so much cool weather pre- 

 vails, that corn does not ordinarily reach maturity. The growing of 

 corn at this station is to be considered, therefore, from the standpoint 

 of the production of fodder rather than of grain. Its value lies in the 

 possibility of increasing the number of live stock kept on the farm 

 rather than in its production as a cash market crop. The corn at this 

 station does not grow tall and coarse. It is so short that it can be 

 harvested with a grain binder, and it has a large proportion of leaves 

 to the stalk, so that it makes excellent feed. 



