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BULLETIN 755, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 6. — Oats: Trend of yields per acre, 1871-1915. 
[Limitations of soil and climate, reflected in yields per acre, as qualifying price factors. 
State and geographic divis- 
Yields per acre, in five-year aver- 
ages. 
Comparisons in percentages of the 
United States average as base. 
ion. 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
1886 1 
1871- 
1875 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
1886 
1871- 
1875 
United States 
Bush- 
els. 
32 
Bush- 
els. 
31 
Bush- 
els. 
26 
Bush- 
els. 
27 
Bush- 
els. 
28 
Per 
cent. 
100 
Per 
cent. 
100 
Per 
cent. 
100 
Per 
cent. 
100 
Per 
cent. 
100 
35 
31 
34 
29 
23 
21 
24 
42 
41 
34 
30 
34 
31 
18 
18 
23 
35 
36 
33 
28 
29 
26 
16 
16 
20 
31 
31 
31 
28 
32 
32 
13 
14 
18 
31 
30 
32 
29 
30 
32 
15 
17 
22 
""""33" 
109 
97 
106 
91 
72 
66 
75 
131 
128 
110 
97 
110 
100 
58 
58 
74 
113 
116 
127 
108 
112 
100 
62 
62 
78 
119 
119 
115 
104 
119 
119 
48 
52 
67 
115 
111 
114 
104 
107 
West North Central . . 
114 
54 
61 
West South Central 
79 
Pacific 
118 
New England: 
39 
37 
40 
35 
29 
31 
33 
29 
32 
36 
32 
34 
34 
35 
35 
35 
23 
32 
27 
26 
25 
30 
29 
21 
25 
19 
21 
21 
17 
22 
22 
20 
20 
23 
22 
21 
31 
46 
46 
38 
38 
36 
42 
45 
45 
49 
39 
35 
38 
32 
38 
32 
30 
32 
33 
28 
30 
36 
31 
32 
34 
35 
36 
30 
23 
35 
36 
29 
25 
25 
25 
17 
24 
14 
15 
14 
13 
22 
19 
15 
17 
19 
16 
30 
28 
42 
40 
- 35 
33 
24 
33 
36 
36 
47 
28 
32 
35 
34 
37 
• 34 
30 
28 
27 
29 
27 
30 
27 
30 
27 
32 
32 
32 
24 
28 
23 
22 
23 
21 
21 
14 
22 
12 
12 
13 
11 
21 
17 
13 
13 
19 
15 
29 
34 
35 
31 
28 
29 
30 
27 
28 
32 
29 
35 
33 
31 
35 
34 
26 
} - 
32 
32 
23 
20 
11 
18 
9 
10 
9 
10 
19 
13 
11 
10 
17 
13 
26 
36 
36 
33 
32 
32 
34 
25 
29 
28 
25 
30 
31 
35 
34 
36 
29 
31 
31 
19 
17 
14 
23 
13 
11 
12 
12 
22 
17 
13 
15 
23 
16 
122 
116 
125 
109 
91 
97 
103 
91 
100 
112 
100 
106 
106 
109 
109 
109 
72 
/ 100 
i 84 
81 
78 
94 
91 
66 
78 
59 
66 
66 
53 
69 
62 
62 
72 
69 
66 
97 
. 144 
144 
119 
119 
112 
131 
141 
141 
153 
122 
109 
123 
103 
123 
103 
97 
103 
106 
90 
97 
116 
100 
103 
110 
113 
116 
97 
74 
113 
116 
94 
81 
81 
81 
55 
77 
45 
48 
45 
42 
71 
. 61 
48 
53 
61 
52 
97 
90 
135 
129 
113 
■ 106 
77 
106 
116 
116 
152 
90 
103 
135 
131 
142 
131 
115 
108 
104 
112 
104 
115 
104 
115 
104 
123 
123 
123 
92 
108 
88 
85 
88 
81 
81 
54 
85 
46 
46 
50 
42 
81 
65 
50 
50 
73 
58 
107 
126 
130 
115 
104 
107 
111 
100 
104 
119 
107 
130 
122 
115 
130 
1^6 
96 
} 126 
119 
119 
85 
74 
41 
67 
33 
37 
33 
37 
70 
48 
41 
37 
63 
48 
93 
129 
129 
118 
114 
114 
Middle Atlantic: 
121 
89 
104 
East North Central: 
Ohio 
100 
89 
107 
111 
125 
West North Central: 
121 
129 
104 
111 
111 
South Atlantic: 
68 
61 
50 
82 
46 
39 
43 
43 
79 
61 
46 
54 
West South Central: 
82 
57 
26 
34 
33 
31 
27 
29 
24 
36 
33 
30 
33 
-22 
28 
100 
131 
127 
119 
104 
112 
89 
133 
122 
111 
122 
81 
100 
Mountain: 
Idaho 
Utah 
30 
37 
28 
29 
30 
32 
38 
27 
26 
....... . 
"""33" 
33 
115 
142 
108 
112 
HI 
119 
141 
100 
96 
121 
Pacific: 
118 
118 
L See note 1, Table 5. 
