30 CULTIVATION METHODS AND ROTATIONS FOR GREAT PLAINS. 



Table VI . — Yields of wheat, oats, and corn in bushels per acre and farm value per acre 

 in nineteen tests, 1906-1909, inclusive. 



Rotation No. 1. 



Plat A. Spring wheat on corn ground disked but not plowed. 

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

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



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 

 1908 

 1909 



1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 



Wheat. 



Bushels. 

 34.8 

 35.8 

 39.8 

 16.7 

 24.0 

 33.0 

 26.7 

 21.5 

 24.3 

 29.4 

 22.3 

 28.6 

 21.7 

 25.0 

 3.7 

 1.0 

 .0 

 8.3 

 .0 



20. 87 



$20. 88 

 21.48 

 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 



Oats. 



Bushels, 

 68.1 

 35.3 

 64.4 

 25.9 

 26.3 

 64.0 

 45.3 

 46.9 

 28.8 

 55.6 

 26.9 

 60.3 

 23.1 

 25.6 

 28.5 

 3.0 

 .0 

 28.1 

 10.0 



12. 52 35. 06 



$20. 43 

 10. 59 

 19. 32 

 7.77 

 7.89 

 19.20 

 13. 59 

 14. 07 

 8. 64 

 16. C8 

 8. 07 

 18. 09 

 6. 93 

 7. 68 

 8. 55 

 .90 

 .00 

 8.43 

 3.00 



10. 52 



Corn. 



Bushels. 



50.7 



30.8 

 33.1 

 21.4 

 16.4 

 20.7 

 14.4 

 31.8 

 25.1 

 26.4 

 4.2 



$19.77 



16.6 j 



12.01 

 12.91 

 8.35 

 6. 40 

 8. 07 

 5.62 

 12.40 

 9. 79 

 10. 30 

 1.64 

 .00 

 .00 

 6. 48 

 .00 



Corn 

 fodder. 



Pounds. 

 8,lf0 

 2,050 

 2,080 

 4,150 

 2,(00 

 3,150 



11.52 



Table VII. — Yields of wheat, oats, and corn in bushels per acre and farm value per acre 

 in nineteen tests, 1906-1909, inclusive. 



Rotation No. 2. 



Plat A. Spring wheat on spring-plowed ground. 

 Plat B. Oats on spring-plowed ground. 

 Plat C. Corn on spring-plowed ground. 



Station. 



Year. 



Wheat. 



Oats. 



Corn. 



Corn 

 fodder. 



Aver- 

 age 



value 

 per acre 

 of 



wheat 

 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 



1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 

 1909 

 1908 

 1909 



Average . 



187 



Bushels 

 33.1 

 35.0 

 39.7 

 13.2 

 15.8 

 32.6 

 27.3 

 29.0 

 25.2 

 23.9 

 23.7 

 24.0 

 17.2 

 20.8 

 1.5 

 4.0 

 .0 

 8.0 

 .0 



$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 



Bushels 

 63.1 

 52.5 

 60.6 

 29.7 

 20.6 

 63.7 

 38.8 

 41.6 

 36.9 

 42.5 

 32.3 

 36.9 

 28.1 

 18.3 

 26.0 



1.3 

 .0 



2. 34 

 .0 



19.68 ; 11.81 



32. 44 



Bushels 



$18. 93 

 15. 75 

 18. 18 

 8. 91 

 6. 18 

 19.11 

 11.64 

 12.48 

 11.07 

 12. 75 



11.07 

 8. 43 

 5.49 

 7.80 

 .39 

 .00 

 7. 02 

 .00 



9.73 I 16.84 



49.7 



$19. 38 







31. 



3 



12. 21 



42 



7 



16. 55 



21 



4 



8. 35 



28 



8 



11.23 



17 



2 



6.71 



17. 







6.63 



31. 



6 



12. 32 



25 







9. 75 



26. 



3 



10. 26 



16. 







6. 24 



Pounds 

 6,650 

 1,340 

 2,180 

 3,150 

 2,500 

 3,350 



