32 CULTIVATION METHODS AND ROTATIONS FOR GREAT PLAINS. 



Table X. — Yields of wheat and oats in bushels per acre and farm value per acre in nine- 

 teen tests, 1906-1909, inclusive. 



Rotation No. 5. 



Plat A. Spring wheat on fallow land. 



Plat B. Oats on ground plowed early the preceding fall. 



Plat C. Summer tillage. 



Station. 



Year. 



Wheat. 



Oats. 



Average 

 value per 

 acre of 

 wheat 

 and oats. 







Bushels. 





Bushels. 







Judith Basin, Mont 



1909 



38.0 



$22. 80 



67 



1 



$20. 13 



$21. 47 



T^iplriTicrm "NT T^cilr 



1908 



33.0 



19.80 



" 39 



4 



11.82 



1 K CI 

 10. Ol 



Do ... 



1909 



37.7 



22.62 



63 



8 



19. 14 



20.88 



Edgeley, N. Dak 



1907 



11.8 



7.08 



27 



5 



8. 25 



7.66 



Do 



1908 



19.5 



11.70 



33. 



4 



10. 02 



10. 86 



Do 



1909 



29.8 



17. 88 



63. 



7 



19.11 



18.50 



Highmore, S. Dak 



1906 



31.7 



19. 02 



46. 



6 



13.98 



16.50 



Do 



1907 



33.3 



19.98 



55. 







16.50 



18. 24 



Do 



1908 



29.0 



17.40 



27. 



8 



8. 34 



12.87 



Bellefourche, S. Dak 



1909 



31.4 • 



18. 84 



51. 



6 



15.48 



17. 16 



North Platte, Nebr 



1907 



26.0 



15.60 



31. 



2 



9. 36 



12.48 



Do 



1908 



42.2 



25. 32 



54. 



7 



16. 41 



20. 87 



Do 



1909 



27.2 



16. 32 



19. 



1 



5.73 



11.02 



Akron, Colo 



1909 



18.2 



10. 92 



16. 



7 



5.01 



7.96 



Hays, Kans 



1908 



4.1 



2. 46 



22. 



8 



6. 84 



11.65 



Garden City, Kans 



1909 



6.6 



3. 96 



3. 



3 



.99 



2.48 



Dalhart, Tex 



1909 



7.7 



4.62 









.00 



2. 31 



Amarillo, Tex 



1908 



16.5 



9. 90 



24! 



4 



7. 32 



8. 61 



Do 



1909 



9.5 



5. 70 



15. 



3 



4.59 



5.14 



Average 





' 28. 35 



14. 31 



34.92 



10.47 



12.39 







Table XI. — Yields of barley, oats, and corn in bushels per acre and farm value per acre 

 in nineteen tests, 1906-1909, inclusive. 



Rotation No. 6. 



Plat A. Barley on corn ground, not plowed but disked. 

 Plat B. Oats on ground plowed early the preceding fall. 

 Plat C. Corn on ground plowed early the preceding fall. 



Station. 



Year. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Corn. 



Corn 

 fodder. 



Average 



value 

 per acre 



of 

 barley 

 and 

 oats. 



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 



1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 



1909 

 1909 



Bushels 

 42.7 

 45.6 

 53.8 

 18.3 

 31.9 

 33.1 

 37.7 

 25.0 

 30.0 

 47.1 

 30.6 

 24.9 

 21.5 

 24.9 

 12.3 



5.1 

 .0 



7.5 

 .0 



Average. 



25.9 



$16. 23 

 17.33 

 20.44 

 6. 95 

 12.12 

 12. 58 

 14. 33 

 9. 50 

 11.40 

 17. 90 

 11.63 

 9. 46 

 8. 17 

 9. 46 

 4.67 

 1.94 

 .00 

 2. 85 

 .00 



Bushels, 

 57.8 

 44.7" 

 61.9 

 32.5 

 15.9 

 60.3 

 53.8 

 49.4 

 36.3 

 65.6 

 23.1 

 49.1 

 19.7 

 20.8 

 35.5 

 3.1 



.0 

 31.3 



.0 



.84 



Bushels. 



$17. 34 



13. 41 



18. 57 

 9.75 

 4.77 



18. 09 

 16.14 

 14.82 

 10. 89 



19. 68 

 6. 93 



14. 73 

 5. 91 

 6. 24 



10. 65 

 .93 

 .00 

 9. 39 

 .00 



50.3 



29.8 

 36.1 

 20.0 

 18.4 

 19.2 

 20.0 

 23.2 

 31.7 

 26.1 

 5.5 



18.3 



$19. 62 



11.62 

 14.08 

 7.80 

 7. 18 

 7.49 

 7. 80 

 9.05 

 12. 36 

 10. 18 

 21.45 



Pounds 

 8,320 

 2,100 

 2,000 

 2,650 

 2,350 

 2,400 



7. 14 



3,460 

 4,410 

 2,870 

 2,030 

 2,720 

 6,115 

 2,500 

 650 

 3,200 

 1,220 



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