BARLEY IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 



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To facilitate this study, Table XIX has been prepared, bringing 

 together for each station the average yields as grouped for this study 

 under different methods of preparation, and also assembling the 

 data from the tables of yields and cost of production in such a way as 

 to show the profit or loss in dollars and cents per acre for the average 

 crop by each method for which it has been computed at each station. 



Table XIX shows that the yields at Belle Fourche, Garden City, 

 Dalhart, and Amarillo have been markedly lower than at the 10 

 other stations. While some methods have increased the yields at 

 these stations, they have not brought them up to a point that offers 

 much encouragement for the growth of barley. The only profit 

 shown from any method under study at these stations is one of 35 

 cents per acre from disked corn ground at Belle Fourche. This 

 nominal profit has resulted from the low cost of production rather 

 than from the amount of yield. The indications are that the combi- 

 nation of soil and climatic conditions at these stations is not favorable 

 to the growth of barley, nor can the unfavorable conditions be over- 

 come by cultural practices. 



Table XIX. — Comparison of the average yields and profit or loss in the production of 

 barley by different methods of tillage at fourteen stations in the Great Plains area. 





Number 

 of years 

 averaged. 



Methods of tillage. 



Statement of data. 



Fall 

 plowed. 



Spring 

 plowed. 



Listed. 



Sub- 

 soiled. 



Disked. 



Green 

 manured. 



Summer 

 tilled. 



Yields per acre (bushels): 



5 

 2 

 5 

 6 

 8 

 3 

 6 

 2 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 



5 

 3 

 5 

 6 

 8 

 3 

 6 

 2 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 



24.0 



24.0 

 29.6 

 16.1 

 24.6 

 18.5 

 25.5 

 8.3 

 15.4 

 15.9 

 18.8 

 11.2 

 4.3 

 1.9 

 5.7 



$3.85 



6.15 



.61 



4.10 



1.60 



4.47 



-2.59 



.32 



.53 



1.72 



-1.40 



-4.23 



-5.21 



-3.65 



29.0 



30.5 



29.0 



34.5 



27.5 



37.4 



23.4 



14.9 



12.2 



18.6 



13.4 



18.4 



14.1 



8.9 



1.6 



6.6 



$7.24 



9.50 



6.63 



10.68 



4.94 



1.46 



.35 



2.98 



.84 



2.89 



1.13 



-1.00 



-3.99 



-1.94 





30.2 





43.8 





Williston 



17.4 

 25.1 

 16.7 

 19.9 

 7.6 

 14.0 

 17.1 

 18.6 

 13.6 

 6.9 

 3.9 

 8.2 



$3.38 







28.8 











32 5 



Edgeley 









20.0 











31.8 



Belle Fourche 



7.7 

 14.4 



8.0 

 15.0 





12.6 



Scottsbluff 





27.6 



North Platte 





26.7 



Akron 



17.9 

 12.7 

 8.3 



4.4 

 6.1 



$6.44 



14.0 

 14.6 

 6.9 





24.8 



Hays 



15.5 



19 3 



Garden City 



11.0 



Dalhart 





6.4 



Amarillo 



6.8 

 $5.44 





12.6 



Profit or loss (— ) per acre: 

 Judith Basin 





$0.98 



Huntley 



$3.45 





Williston 



.67 



3.83 



.39 



1.70 



-3.34 



- .72 

 .55 



1.17 



- .88 

 -3.63 

 -4.86 

 -3.10 







.41 



Diokipson 









1.93 



Edgeley 









—3.20 



Hettinger 









1.64 



Belle Fourche 



-2.29 

 .45 



-3.79 

 - .92 





—6.23 



Scottsbluff 





— .08 



North Platte 





— .55 



Akron 



1.89 

 - .24 

 -2.05 

 -3.65 

 -2.95 



-1.33 

 -1.08 

 -4.24 





—1.23 



Hays 



-8.15 



3 49 



Garden City 



—6.89 



Dalhart 





—8.78 



Amarillo 



-4.28 





—6.23 









Table XIX also shows that at 10 of the 14 stations under study 

 disked corn ground has been productive of higher yields of barley 

 than either the fall or spring plowing of stubble. At Hettinger and 

 North Platte it has been clearly exceeded by both. At Akron it 



