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BULLETIN 222, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



HAYS FIELD STATION. 



In the results for seven years presented for study from Hays, 

 Kans., one crop has been lost by hail. With the exception of 3.4 

 bushels per acre produced by summer tillage, one crop has been lost 

 by drought. In two years the average yield was heavy, in two 

 it was light, and in one it was fair. In the matter of productive 

 and nonproductive years, the record for barley at this station is 

 the same as that of oats. The year when the crop was destroyed 

 by hail is not included in computing the averages. 



Table XV. — Yields and cost of production of barley by different methods at the Hays 

 Field Station, 1908 to 1914, inclusive. 



Treatment and previous crop. 



Number 

 of plats 

 averaged. 







Yield per 



acre (bushels). 





1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Average. 





1 



12.4 



PS 



19.7 







28.8 



4.0 



16.7 



13.6 







Spring plowed: , 



1 

 1 



5.8 

 9.2 



PS 



0) 



12.5 

 15.0 





 



22.4 

 29.8 



2.6 

 17.0 



9.9 

 9.4 



8.9 





13.4 









2 



7.5 





13.8 





26.1 



9.8 



9.7 



11.2 









1 

 1 

 6 



10.1 

 14.8 

 11.0 



PS 



PS 



PS 



19.7 

 19.3 

 28.3 





 

 



31.8 

 33.8 

 25.1 



2.1 



4.6 

 3.5 



12.6 

 15.2 

 16.4. 



12.7 





14.6 



Disked 



14.1 







Green manured: 



Rve 



1 

 1 



21.5 

 5.0 



OS 

 0) 



32.3 



34.1 





 



16.9 



17.7 



12.9 

 14.0 



15.3 

 16.2 



16.5 





14.5 









2 



13.3 





33.2 





17.3 



13.5 



15.8 



15.5 









1 



18.9 



0) 



18.4 



3.4 



36.2 



20.9 



18.0 



19.3 











11.7 





24.3 



.2 



26.3 



7.1 



15.1 



14.1 









Summary of Yields and Digest of Cost. 





Tillage treatment. 



Previous crop. 



Yields, values, etc. 

 (average per acre). 



Fall 



plowed 

 (1 plat). 



Spring 

 plowed 

 (2 plats). 



Disked 

 (6 plats). 



Listed 

 (1 plat). 



Sub- 

 soiled 

 (1 plat). 



Green 

 manured 

 (2 plats). 



Summer 



tilled 

 (1 plat). 



Small 



grain 



(5 



plats). 



Corn. 

 (4 



plats). 



Kafir. 



(2 

 plats). 



Yields of grain: 



1908 .. bush.. 



1909 do 



1910 do. - . . 



1911 do.... 



1912 do.... 



1913 do 



1914 do.... 



12.4 



( i 9 .7 







28.8 

 4.0 

 16.7 



7.5 



0) 



13.8 

 



26.1 

 9.8 

 9.7 



11.0 



0) 

 28.3 





 25.1 



3.5 

 16.4 



10.1 



0) 



19.7 





 31.8 



2.1 

 12.6 



14.8 



0) 



19.3 





 33.8 



4.6 

 15.2 



13.3 



0) 

 33.2 

 

 17.3 

 13.5 

 15.8 



18.9 



0) 

 18.4 

 3.4 

 36.2 

 20.9 

 18.0 



10.5 



0) 

 17.2 





 29.3 



6.1 

 12.8 



11.3 



& 





 26.1 



3.1 

 15.6 



10.4 



£.6 





 23.0 



4.4 

 18.2 



Average 



13.6 



11.2 



14.1 



12.7 



14.6 



15.5 



19.3 



12.7 



13.8 



14.6 



Crop value, cost of 

 production, etc.: 



85.58 

 6.46 



$4.59 

 5.99 



$5.78 

 4.65 



$5.21 

 5.45 



$5.99 

 7.07 



$6. 36 • 

 14.51 



$7.91 

 11.40 





Cost... 



















- .88 



-1.40 



1.13 



- .24 



-1.08 



-8.15 



-3.49 













1 Destroyed by hail. 



