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Table XV. — Yields and cost of production of oats by different methods at the Hays Field 
Station, 1908 to /.''/;, inclusive. 
Number 
of plats 
averaged. 
Yield per 
icre (bushels). 
rreatmenl and previous crop. 
1903 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
Mill 
Average. 
Fall plowed: 
Wheat... 
3 
1 
1 
23. S 
3.7 
35. 5 
(') 
(') 
(') 
(') 
0) 
C 1 ) 
C 1 ) 
C 1 ) 
C 1 ) 
C 1 ) 
0) 
25. 3 
16. 6 
30.2 












3.7 
.4 
44.3 
37.7 
25. 6 
9.8 
10.6 
8.1 
29.2 
27.0 
29.2 
22 1 
Oats 
15.9 
Barlev 
21.4 
5 
22.1 
21.5 
39.2 
9.6 
28.7 
20.7 
Spring plowed: 
Wheat 
1 
1 
2 
2fi.O 
1.3 
17.2 
36.6 
11.3 
32.0 
19.0 
35.2 
36.4 
6.2 
3.3 
11.3 
22.3 
20.8 
23.2 
18.4 
Oats 
12.0 
20.0 
4 
15.4 
28.0 
31.8 
30.5 
33.5 
8.0 
22.4 
17 6 
Sod breaking: 
Alfalfa... 
1 
1 
22. 5 
30.1 
37.5 
36.4 
4.5 
5.1 
25.9 
25.8 
20 2 
21.8 
Total or average 
2 
26.3 
37.0 
32.0 
4.8 
25.9 
21.0 
1 
1 
17.9 
28.0 
24.5 
17.0 
45.1 
47.6 
21.8 
15.3 
26.6 
29.7 
22.7 
Listed: Oats 
22.9 
Disked: 
Corn 
1 
1 
16.3 
22.1 
16.9 
36.2 
39.0 
27.2 
13.0 
17.6 
30.6 
29.1 
19.3 
Sorghurn 
22.0 
2 
19.2 
26.6 
33.1 
15.3 
29.9 
20.7 
Summer tilled 
2 
16.2 
24.5 
41.1 
30.3 
33.0 
24.8 
Average of all 17 plats 
20.1 
26.6 
37.0 
12.8 
27.5 
20.7 
Summary of Yields and Digest of Cost. 
Tillage treatment. 
Previous crop. 
Yields, values, etc. (aver- 
age per acre). 
Fall 
plowed 
(5 
plats). 
Spring 
plowed 
(4 
plats). 
Disked 
(2 
plats). 
Listed 
(1 plat). 
Sub- 
soiled 
(lplat). 
Sum- 
mer 
tilled 
(2 
plats). 
Sod (2 
plats). 
Corn 
(3 
plats). 
Sor- 
ghum 
(1 
plat). 
Small 
grain 
(9 
plats). 
Yields of grain: 
1908 bushels.. 
1909 do.... 
1910 do.... 
1911 do.... 
1912 do.... 
1913 do.... 
1914 do.... 
22.1 
24.5 

39.2 
9.6 
28.7 
15.4 
So 

31.8 
8.0 
22.4 
19.2 
a. 

• 33.1 
15.3 
29.9 
28.0 
0) 
17 

47.6 
15.3 
29.7 
17.9 
0) 
24.5 

45.1 
21.8 
26.6 
16.2 
(') 
24.5 
3.7 
41.1 
30.3 
33.0 
26.3 
C 1 ) 
37.0 

32.0 
4.8 
25.9 
16.9 
( l ) 
26.9 

37.3 
11.9 
25.7 
22.1 
0) 
36.2 

27.2 
17.6 
29.1 
20.4 
(') 
23.6 

38.1 
10.5 
27.0 
Average 
20.7 
17.6 
20.7 
22.9 
22.7 
24.8 
21.0 
19.8 
22.0 
19.9 
Crop value, cost of pro- 
duction, etc.: 
Value 
S6.21 
6.31 
$5.28 
5.84 
S6. 21 
4.50 
$6.87 
5.30 
$6.81 
6.92 
$7.44 
11.25 
Cost . 
— .10 
— .56 
1.71 
1.57 
— .11 
—3.81 
Destroyed by hail. 
