RELATIVE FARM VALUE OF CROPS. 

 Table XXVII. — Spring plowing compared with fall plowing. 



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Station. 



Year. 



Average value per acre 

 of wheat and oats. 



Rotation 

 No. 2. 



Rotation 

 No. 3. 



Gain in favor of- 



Spring 

 plowing. 



Fall 

 plowing. 



Judith Basin, Mont. 

 Dickinson, N. Dak. . 



Do. 



Edgeley, N. Dak 



Do 



Do 



Higlunore, S. Dak. . . 



Do 



Do 



Bellefourche, S. Dak. 

 North Platte, Nebr. . 



Do 



Do 



Akron, Colo 



Hays, Kans 



Garden City, Kans. . 



Dalhart, Tex 



Amarillo, Tex 



Do 



1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 



Average. 



$19. 40 

 18. 37 

 21.00 

 8. 42 

 7. 83 

 19.33 

 14. 01 

 14. 94 

 13.10 

 13.55 

 11.96 

 12. 73 

 9. 37 

 8. 99 

 4.35 

 1.39 

 .00 

 5. 91 

 .00 



10. 77 



•118. 53 

 16. 33 

 20.57 

 8. 35 

 8. 78 

 19.72 

 14. 73 

 14. 96 

 12.16 

 17. 01 

 10. 80 

 17.36 

 10.04 

 8. 58 

 4.19 

 .66 

 .00 

 6.67 

 2. 67 



11.16 



$0.87 

 2.04 

 .43 

 .07 



.41 

 .16 

 .73 

 .00 



$0. 95 

 .39 

 .72 

 .02 



3. 46 



4. 63 

 .67 



.76 



2. 67 



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THE RELATION OF WHEAT AND OATS TO SUMMER TILLAGE IN A THREE- 

 YEAR ROTATION. 



The comparison in Table XXVIII of rotation No. 5, where wheat, 

 and No. 8, where oats, follow summer tillage gives some interesting 

 information. At Judith Basin, Mont., where only one year's results 

 have been secured, the advantage was slightly in favor of oats fol- 

 lowing summer tillage. At Dickinson, N. Dak., the difference was 

 not only small but also contradictory for the two years. At Edge- 

 ley, N. Dak., the advantage was in favor of No. 5, wheat after fallow 

 all three years. At Highmore, S. Dak., the advantage was with 

 No. 8, oats after fallow all three years. At Bellefourche, S. Dak., 

 the single year's results are markedly in favor of No. 8. At North 

 Platte, Nebr., the advantage was with No. 8 in 1907 and 1908 and 

 with No. 5 in 1909. For reasons already explained, the last year's 

 results at this station were reversed by unfavorable weather condi- 

 tions in May. The results indicate that No. 8 is the better for North 

 Platte. The results of the tests at the other stations were indecisive. 

 It appears, therefore, that at Edgeley the advantage is decidedly in 

 favor of No. 5, wheat after summer tillage. At Highmore, Belle- 

 fourche, and North Platte the advantage is as strongly in favor of 

 No. 8, oats after summer tillage. The other stations show no marked 

 advantage in favor of either rotation over the other. 



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