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Variation in crop yrelds.—Figure 20 shows the importance of 
obtaining high crop yields. ‘Tables 12 to 17, inclusive, are presented 
to show the variation in the yields of each of the seven crops. Wheat 
varied in yield from less than 15 bushels to as much as 93 bushels 
pes acre; potatoes from 50 hundredweight to 300 hundredweight; 
eans from 106 pounds to 3,000 pounds; sugar beets from 1.5 tons 
to 22.5 tons; red clover seed from 55 pounds to 720 pounds; and 
alfalfa hay from 2 tons to 7.5 tons. 
TaBLE 12.—Variation in yield of wheat on general crop farms, 1919-1922 
Number of records 
Acre yield class limits = Sart 
1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 
Bushels 
SONS OY oh Se ES Sr I ae A Ng Ry eo Ll Rae 1 gE Vet Soar 
POND OCA eee ined ee eaten seman emera EN etn er aoe 8. a ee ee | te Re 0 OF eee 
GENE OA seat a ey pe eee oi Se SE ih Sth Le ace, Nese ene Mall kg oe ete ay 4 6 3 
LBB U(r ao ya sa ee lg een | 4 Bile I 16 
PANSY, | 0 Bee age ggg ea Gee che a Pe BD EE Lk gee 43 37 | 71 26 
SU OI A ere eee eee RAR ee NLU RS a eae eS Ls 79 T7 48 | 15 
PRI (BO) BY LR 8 aan aS el ap rae ee ee ae Se 52 50 20 5 
TUBS (hoy OL Se See eS TEINS TOR ESS SO ra Ce | 7 6 4 1 
SEs Ove 1 A everest cree Ne armag a regis AEA NS Mele eset bien tee tries weal A SS ey | 2 1 i See 
stay ell zee vila eS Sp are ar gana ee | TSA |e tee een 66 
TABLE 13.—Variation in yield of alfalfa hay on general crop farms, 1919-1922 
(three cuttings) 
Number of records 
Yield per acre class limits 
1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 
Short tons 
PRUNE Cie 28 Nice) Aas! Sy ase pa See ee ne ee ane | ad fh [ncaa eee 
Ga NLGE eAe ee eee pam a TE eee 6 3 ft aes 
U5) AO) Sra ha BO SL le eR lee | 12 15 6 5 
AOR HOyfidh 5 Ses ig Co 7 the La se a0 cee Ca a ene Se | 50 45 52 24 
Sil seen em Te in ie ee | 68 62 76 38 
TEN Ae oe oe Ca ak = ae ye ne | 28 30 28 13 
TRAD Bik eee ESBS Sr Tee ee ae 12 5 3 4 
ESV AET 5 Soak oe eg 176| 160 167 84 
TaBLE 14.—Variation in yield of potatoes on general crop farms, 1919-1922 
| Number of records 
Yield per acre class limits | 
1919 | 1920 | 1921 1922 
| — 
Hundredweight | 
PUTTER, Co Die, eg tee eee ey ee Nearest | 1 
DES SEG ak fon es A ES ae eS ee eae a a Be 2 7 | 4 | 4 
OLS Gad oot A AEs ae 8 a ee ee eae 9 18 13 | 13 
Ca (hi) PQS a eg ale alt leh da Se ama | 17 | 14 | 29 | 15 
CRI RE MOA EAT Ras TAIN Aye ire oP eyes ie 33 | 27 37 7 
RRM Maori? ois eM ie Ce Fay ee is 12 | 15 14 3 
Gn ele nae ae key eeey! et AE ASP eR eT EAL ae S SY 3 Bal? oe nek Syl 5h 4 AAS Le: 
aT ie eae ne Mek nn eye der a ae Re 76 | 86 101 43 
The foregoing table contains no fields of potatoes of less than 1 acre. 
