OATS IN THE GEEAT PLAINS AREA. 
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Table XIV. — Yields and cost of production of oats by different methods at the Akron 
Field Station, 1909 to 1914, inclusive. 
Treatment and previous crop. 
Number 
of plats 
averaged. 
Yield per acre (bushels). 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
Average. 
Fall plowed: 
Wheat 
3 
1 
1 
19.3 
14.1 
20.8 
14.1 
8.0 
10.2 
10.5 
15.9 
15.9 
47.7 
46.9 
37.2 
7.6 
.6 
.6 
35.5 
36.9 
39.1 
22.5 
Oats 
20.4 
Barley 
20.6 
Total or average 
5 
18.6 
12.1 
12.7 
45.4 
4.8 
36.5 
21.7 
Spring plowed: 
Wheat 
1 
1 
18.3 
21.1 
21.6 
14.8 
10.9 
20.8 
1.7 
4.3 
5.3 
46.9 
41.9 
49.6 
16.6 
6.6 
5.0 
47.5 
39.4 
49.4 
24.3 
Oats 
20.7 
Corn 
25.3 
4 
20.6 
16.8 
4.2 
47.0 
8.3 
46.4 
23.9 
Sod breaking: 
Alfalfa 
1 
1 
8.8 
20.2 
2.7 
2.2 


29.4 
27.5 
1.9 
1.6 
30.6 
35.0 
12.2 
Brome-grass 
14.4 
2 
14.5 
2.5 

28.5 
1.8 
32.8 
13.4 
1 
1 
16.1 
15.6 
11.3 
11.1 
8.4 
5.3 
35.3 
54.7 

3.6 
30.3 
40.9 
16.9 
Listed: Oats 
21.9 
Corn 
7 
1 
2 
2 
20.9 
16.1 
15.7 
14.6 
18.2 
5.0 
12.2 
6.7 
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38.5 
25.0 
41.9 
40.3 
7.3 
1.9 
7.2 
5.5 
48.5 
37.8 
40.7 
40.5 
22.3 
14.3 
Milo 
19.6 
Kafir 
17.9 
12 
18.6 
14.2 
.2 
38.2 
6.5 
45.0 
20.5 
Green manured: 
Rye 
1 
1 
1 
21.0 
22.0 
13.0 
20.0 
11.9 
5.2 
2.7 

3.9 
38.4 
38.4 
45.8 
5.0 
1.2 
5.0 
44.4 
38.1 
41.6 
21.9 
18.6 
Sweet clover 
19.1 
3 
18.7 
12.4 
2.2 
40.9 
3.7 
41.4 
19.9 
Summer tilled 
3 
28.9 
17.1 
7.1 
56.4 
16.5 
45.9 
28.7 
19.4 
13.3 
4.0 
42.3 
6.6 
42.2 
21.3 
Summary of Yields and Digest of Cost. 
Tillage treatment. 
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Yields of grain: 
1909.. bush.. 
18.6 
20.6 
18.6 
15.6 
16.1 
18.7 
28.9 
14.5 
21.1 
18.2 
15.7 
16.1 
14.6 
1910.. do.... 
12.1 
16.8 
14.2 
11.1 
11.3 
12.4 
17.1 
2.5 
18.7 
12.1 
12.2 
5.0 
6.7 
1911. .do.... 
12.7 
4.2 
.2 
5.3 
8.4 
2.2 
7.1 

1.5 
9.2 



1912.. do.... 
45.4 
47.0 
38.2 
54.7 
35.3 
40.9 
56.4 
28.5 
40.9 
45.1 
41.9 
25.0 
40.3 
1913.. do.... 
4.8 
8.3 
6.5 
3.6 

3.7 
16.5 
1.8 
6.8 
5.6 
7.2 
1.9 
5.5 
1914.. do.... 
36.5 
46.4 
45.0 
40.9 
30.3 
41.4 
45.9 
32.8 
48.7 
37.9 
40.7 
37.8 
40.5 
Average . . 
21.7 
23.9 
20.5 
21.9 
16.9 
19.9 
28.7 
13.4 
23.0 
21.4 
19.6 
14.3 
17.9 
Crop value, 
cost, etc.: 
Value 
36. 51 
S7.17 
S6.15 
$6.57 
85.07 
So. 97 
$8.61 
Cost 
6.31 
5.84 
4.50 
5.30 
6.92 
14.36 
11.25 
Profit or 
loss 
.20 
1.33 
1. 65 
1.27 
— 1.8.5 
-8.39 
-2.64 
