44 CULTIVATION METHODS AND KOTATIONS FOR GREAT PLAINS. 



Table XXII. — Average farm value, in dollars and cents, per acre, of nine 3-year rotations. 



Station. 



Year. 



No. 1. 



Wheat 



disked, 



oats fall 



plowed, 



corn fall 



plowed. 



No. 2. 



Wheat 



spring 

 plowed, 

 oats 



spring 

 plowed, 

 corn 



spring 

 plowed. 



No. 3. 



Wheat 



fall 

 plowed, 

 oats fall 

 plowed, 

 corn fall 

 plowed. 



No. 4. 



Wheat 

 on fallow, 



wheat 



fall 

 plowed, 

 corn fall 

 plowed. 



No. 5. 



Wheat 

 on fallow, 

 oats fall 

 plowed, 



fallow. 



No. 6. 



Barley 

 disked, 

 oats fall 

 plowed, 

 corn fall 

 plowed. 



Judith Basin, Mont 



Dickinson, N. Dak 



Do 



Edgeley, N. Dak 



Do 



Do 



Highmore, S. Dak 



Do - 



Do - 



Bellefourche, S. Dak 



\Tnrt>i "PI otto Wphr 



Do 



Do 



Akron, Colo 



Hays, Kans 



Garden City, Kans 



Dalhart, Tex 



Amarillo, Tex 



Do 



Average 



1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 



$20. 66 

 16.03 

 21.60 



8.90 

 11.14 

 19.50 

 14.81 

 13.48 

 11.61 

 17.16 

 10. 73 

 17^62 



9.98 

 11.34 



5.39 

 .75 

 .00 



6.71 



1.50 



$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 



$18. 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 



$21. 11 

 15.72 

 21.17 

 7.47 

 8.22 

 18. 10 

 16. 74 

 15.96 

 11.88 

 20.16 

 13 35 

 17! 54 

 8.41 

 6. 38 

 4. 41 

 .70 

 .00 

 7.38 

 .00 



$21. 47 

 15.81 

 20.88 

 7.66 

 10.86 

 18.50 

 16. 50 

 18.24 

 12. 87 

 17. 16 

 12. 48 

 20^87 

 11.02 

 7.96 

 4.65 

 2. 48 

 2.31 

 8/61 

 5.14 



$16. 79 

 15. 37 

 19.50 

 8. 35 

 8. 45 

 15. 33 

 15.24 

 12. 16 

 11.14 

 18.79 

 n 9Q 

 y . zs 



12.09 

 7.04 

 7.85 

 7.66 

 1.44 



.00 

 6. 12 



.00 



11.52 



10. 77 



11.16 



11.30 



12. 39 



10. 14 



Station. 



Year. 



No. 7. 

 Oats 



spring 

 plowed, 



barley 



spring 

 plowed, 

 corn 



spring 

 plowed. 



No. 8. 

 Oats on 



fallow, 



wheat 



fall 

 plowed, 



fallow. 



No. 9. 

 Oats 



spring 

 plowed, 



wheat 



spring 

 plowed, 

 corn 



spring 

 plowed. 



Average 

 yield. 



Yield 

 from con- 

 tinuous 

 cropping. 



Gain or 

 loss of 

 rotation 

 compared 

 with con- 

 tinuous 

 cropping. 



Judith Basin, Mont : . . . 



Dickinson, N. Dak 



Do 



Edgeley, N. Dak 



Do *. 



Do 



Highmore, S. Dak 



1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 



$18. 53 

 15.67 

 19.89 

 5.74 

 8.65 

 15.35 

 14. 17 

 11.95 

 11. 68 

 14.16 

 12. 99 

 13.28 

 8. 78 

 8. 06 

 4.03 

 1.65 

 .00 

 4. 73 

 .00 



$22. 02 

 15.29 

 21.70 

 7.19 

 6.22 

 16. 41 

 20.01 

 18.48 

 15. 24 

 22.74 

 14. 63 

 23.11 

 5.04 

 7.52 

 5.58 

 2.01 

 1.50 

 9.12 

 3.84 



$20. 08 

 13.20 

 19.90 

 2.10 

 6.59 

 16. 54 

 16. 25 

 14. 48 

 13.50 

 17.16 

 11. 25 

 12.48 

 9.13 

 6.92 

 3.52 

 1.10 

 .00 

 4.96 

 .00 



$19. 84 

 15. 75 

 20.69 

 7.13 

 8.53 

 17. 64 

 15. 83 

 14 96 

 12.58 

 17.54 

 11. 94 

 16. 34 

 8. 76 

 8. 18 

 4. 86 

 1.35 

 .42 

 6. 68 

 1.46 



$20. 91 

 14. 34 

 16.32 

 4.59 

 6.70 

 16.36 



-$1.07 

 1.41 

 4.37 

 2.54 

 1.83 

 1.28 



Do 



Do 



Bellefourche, S. Dak 



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Do 



Do 



Akron, Colo 



Hays, Kans 



Garden City, Kans 



Dalhart, Tex 



Amarillo, Tex 



Do 



Average 



14.79 

 12.55 

 13.88 

 11. 86 

 11.29 

 11.10 

 7.34 

 .72 

 .74 

 .00 

 7.30 

 .00 



17 

 .03 



3.66 

 . 08 



5. 05 



- 2.35 



.84 

 4. 14 

 .61 

 .42 



- .62 

 1.46 



9.97 



12.51 



9.95 



a 11. 08 



6 9.49 



1.35 



a Average of 19 crops. b Average of 18 crops. 



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