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United States is produced in the Central, North Central, 

 and adjacent states. Iowa is the largest producer, 

 with Illinois a close second, each state devoting more than 

 10 per cent of her total land area to this crop, and together 

 producing more than one-fourth of the total crop for this 

 country. Other states devoting large areas and having 

 a large production are Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, 

 Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, the Dakotas, Kansas, Penn- 

 sylvania, Texas, and Missouri. The area devoted to 

 oats in the Southern States of the United States comprises 

 less than 12 per cent of the total acreage of that section, 

 and furnishes less than 9 per cent of the total production 

 of the United States. 



140. Yield per acre. — The highest yield per acre is 

 obtained in Germany, where for the ten years 1902-1911 

 the average annual yield per acre is 51.4 bushels. The 

 United Kingdom ranks next with 44.7 bushels per acre for 

 the same period. France secures 30 bushels, Austria- 

 Hungary, 31, and the United States, 29.4 bushels per acre. 

 While the average yield per acre is relatively low for the 

 United States, some few states, those that grow but small 

 acreages, usually by the aid of irrigation, produce yields 

 rivaling those of Germany. The state of Washington 

 for the ten years 1902-1911 has an average annual yield 

 of 47.6 bushels per acre. This record was made, however, 

 on a comparatively small acreage artificially supplied 

 with water, and is not to be compared with the yield 

 secured by other states on larger areas without irrigation. 

 The great oat-producing states, however, secure only 

 from 25 to 35 bushels per acre, while in the Southern 

 States the average yield per acre is less than 22 bushels. 



141. Exports and imports. — For the five years 1907- 

 1911 the United States exported annually 2,090,000 



