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BULLETIN 222, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 
HAYS FIELD STATION. 
In the results for seven years presented for study from Hays, 
Kans., one crop has been lost by hail. With the exception of 3.4 
bushels per acre produced by summer tillage, one crop has been lost 
by drought. In two years the average yield was heavy, in two 
it was light, and in one it was fair. In the matter of productive 
and nonproductive years, the record for barley at this station is 
the same as that of oats. The year when the crop was destroyed 
by hail is not included in computing the averages. 
Table XV. — Yields and cost of production of barley by different methods at the Hays 
Field Station, 1908 to 1914, inclusive. 
Treatment and previous crop. 
Number 
of plats 
averaged. 
Yield per 
acre (bushels). 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
Average. 
Fall plowed: Barley 
1 
12.4 
C 1 ) 
19.7 

28.8 
4.0 
16.7 
13.6 
Spring plowed: 
1 
1 
5.8 
9.2 
0) 
C 1 ) 
12.5 
15.0 


22.4 
29.8 
2.6 
17.0 
9.9 
9.4 
8 9 
Oats 
13.4 
2 
7.5 
13.8 
26.1 
9.8 
9.7 
11.2 
Listed: Barley 
1 
1 
6 
10.1 
14.8 
11.0 
0) 
C 1 ) 
0) 
19.7 
19.3 
28.3 



31.8 
33.8 
25.1 
2.1 
4.6 
3.5 
12.6 
15.2 
16.4 
12.7 
14.6 
Disked 
14.1 
Green manured: 
Rye 
1 
1 
21.5 
5.0 
0) 
(') 
32.3 
34.1 


16.9 
17.7 
12.9 
14.0 
15.3 
16.2 
16.5 
14.5 
Total or average 
2 
13.3 
33.2 
17.3 
13.5 
15.8 
15.5 
1 
18.9 
0) 
18.4 
3.4 
36.2 
20.9 
18.0 
19.3 
Average of all 14 plats 
11.7 
24.3 
.2 
26.3 
7.1 
15.1 
14.1 
Summary of Yields and Digest of Cost. 
Tillage treatment. 
Previous crop. 
Yields, values, etc. 
(average per acre). 
Fall 
plowed 
(1 plat). 
Spring 
plowed 
(2 plats). 
Disked 
(6 plats). 
Listed 
(1 plat). 
Sub- 
soiled 
(1 plat). 
Green 
manured 
(2 plats). 
Summer 
tilled 
(1 plat). 
Small 
grain 
(5 
plate). 
Corn. 
(4 
plats). 
Kafir. 
(2 
plate). 
Yields of grain: 
1908 bush.. 
1909 do 
1910 do.... 
1911 do.... 
1912 do.... 
1913 do.... 
1914 do.... 
12.4 
C 1 ) 
19.7 

28.8 
4.0 
16.7 
7.5 
a. 

26.1 
9.8 
9.7 
11.0 
C 1 ) 
28.3 

25.1 
3.5 
16.4 
10.1 
C 1 ) 
19.7 

31.8 
2.1 
12.6 
14.8 
C 1 ) 
19.3 

33.8 
4.6 
15.2 
13.3 
0) 
33.2 

17.3 
13.5 
15.8 
18.9 
S 4 
3.4. 
36.2 
20.9 
18.0 
10.5 

29.3 
6.1 
12.8 
11.3 
C 1 ) 
26.6 

26.1 
3.1 
15.6 
10.4 

23.0 
4.4 
18.2 
Average 
13.6 
11.2 
14.1 
12.7 
14.6 
15.5 
19.3 
12.7 
13.8 
14.6 
Crop value, cost of 
production, etc.: 
$5.58 
-6.46 
$4.59 
5.99 
$5.78 
4.65 
$5.21 
5.45 
$5.99 
7.07 
$6.36 
14.51 
$7.91 
11.40 
Cost 
- .88 
-1.40 
1.13 
- .24 
-1.08 
-8.15 
-3.49 
Destroyed by hail. 
