36 CULTIVATION METHODS AND BOTATIONS FOE GEEAT PLAINS. 



Table XVI. — Farm value of wheat, in dollars and cents per acre, in seven 3-year rotations 

 compared ivith continuous cropping. 



Station. 



Year. 



Judith Basin, Mont.. 

 Dickinson, N. Dak. . 



Do 



Edgeley, N. Dak. . . . 



Do 



Do 



Highmore, S. Dak... 



Do 



Do 



Bellefourche, S. Dak. 

 North Platte, Nebr. . 



Do 



Do 



Akron, Colo 



Hays, Kans 



Garden City, Kans. . 



Dalhart, Tex 



Amarillo, Tex 



Do 



No. 1. 



Wheat 

 disked, 

 oats fall 

 plowed, 

 corn fall 

 plowed. 



1908 

 19C9 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 19G9 

 1907 

 1908 

 19C9 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 



Average. 



$23.88 

 21.84 

 23.88 

 10.02 

 14. 40 

 19.80 

 16.02 

 12.90 

 14.58 

 17.64 

 13.38 

 17.16 

 13.02 

 15.00 

 2.22 

 .60 

 .00 

 4.98 

 .00 



No; 2. 



Wheat 



spring 

 plowed, 

 oats 



spring 

 plowed, 

 corn 



spring 

 plowed. 



$19.86 

 21.00 

 23.82 

 7.92 

 9.48 

 19.56 

 16.38 

 17.40 

 15.12 

 14.34 

 14.22 

 14.40 

 10.32 

 12. 48 

 .90 

 2.40 

 .00 

 4.80 

 .00 



No. 3. 

 Wheat 



fall 

 plowed, 

 oats fall 

 plowed, 

 corn fall 

 plowed. 



No. 4. 

 Oats 

 disked, 

 wheat 



fall 

 plowed, 

 corn fall 

 plowed. 



No. 5. 

 Wheat or. 



fallow, 

 oats fall 

 plowed, 



fallow. 



11.81 



$18.60 J 

 21-00 I 

 22.38 



7.56 I 

 12.48 

 19.50 

 15.30 

 16.32 

 15.42 

 17.94 

 12.42 

 16.62 

 14. 58 

 11.52 



2. 34 



1.32 

 .00 



5.10 

 .00 



$19.98 

 11.28 

 2J.58 

 6.30 

 9.42 

 17.10 

 15.00 

 17.40 

 13.08 

 17.82 

 14.52 

 18.78 

 10.08 

 6.36 

 4.02 

 .54 

 .00 

 7.92 

 .00 



12.13 



11.06 



$20. SO 

 19.80 

 22.62 

 7.08 

 11.70 

 17.88 

 19. C2 

 19.98 

 17.40 

 18.84 

 15.60 

 25.32 

 16.32 

 10.92 

 2.46 

 3.96 

 4.62 

 9.90 

 5.70 



14.31 



No. 8. 

 Oats on 

 fallow, 



wheat 



fall 

 plowed, 

 fallow. 



824.18 

 12.30 

 21.00 

 5.10 

 6.18 

 15.96 

 15.00 

 19.62 

 16.50 

 19.92 

 16.98 

 18.78 

 10.08 

 6-54 

 2.52 

 2.28 

 .00 

 8.22 

 .00 



11.64 



Station. 



Judith Basin, Mont. . 

 Dickinson, N. Dak. . . 



Do 



Edgeley, N. Dak 



Do 



Do 



Highmore, S. Dak... 



Do 



Do 



Bellefourche, S. Dak. 

 North Platte, Nebr.. 



Do 



Do 



Akron, Colo 



Hays, Kans 



Garden City, Kans. . . 



Dalhart, Tex 



Amarillo, Tex 



Do 



Average. 



Year. 



1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 19C8 

 1909 

 19C9 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 



No. 9. 

 Oats 



spring 

 plowed, 



wheat 



spring 

 plowed, 

 corn 



spring 

 plowed. 



$18.96 

 11.22 

 18.42 

 2. 52 

 8.10 

 15.48 

 15. 42 

 14.70 

 14.52 

 15.66 

 12. 48 

 10.50 

 10.00 

 8.58 

 1.33 

 1.50 

 .00 

 3. 18 

 .00 



61 



Average 

 yield. 



820, 

 16. 

 21 

 6 



10. 

 17. 

 16 

 16, 

 15. 

 17. 

 14 

 17, 

 12. 

 10. 



2. 



1 



a 11. 87 



Yield 

 from con- 

 tinuous 

 cropping. 



Average of all rota- 

 tions compared 

 with continuous 

 cropping. 



Gain. 



$19.80 

 14.58 

 16.08 

 2.46 

 7.98 

 16.98 



SO. 95 

 2.29 

 5. 73 

 4.18 

 2.27 

 .92 



Loss. 



17.28 

 15.78 

 14.28 

 14.70 

 13.62 

 13.80 

 8.58 



.72 

 1.26 



.00 

 10.20 



.00 



3.17 



3.71 



1.62 

 1.54 

 .54 



.SI 



M0. 45 



SO. 38 

 .58 



.47 

 'i~74 



a Average of 19 crops. 

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b Average of 18 crops. 



