OATS IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 
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Table XVI. — Yields and cost of production of oats by different methods at the Garden 
City Field Station, 1909 to 1914, inclusive. 
Treat ment and prey ions crop. 
\ amber 
of plats 
averaged. 
yield per acre (bushels). 
1909 
L910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
Average. 
Pall plowed : 
Wheal 
3 
1 
1 
2.1 
3.2 
3.1 
6. 6 
10.3 
10.0 

•0 














17.0 
23.1 
29.7 
(') 
C 1 ) 
(') 
0) 
0) 
(') 
0) 
0) 
C 1 ) 
C 1 ) 
0) 
(') 
0) 
( x ) 
13. 3 
8.1 
12.8 
7.8 
Oats 
8.9 
11.1 
5 
2.5 
8.0 
20.8 
12.2 
8.7 
Spring plowed : 
Wheat 
1 
1 
1.3 
1.0 
3.1 
7.2 
5.3 
7.4 
21.9 
8.8 
22.9 
""2.2 
7.6 
Oats 
3.5 
8.4 
Total or average 
4 
2.1 
6.8 
19.1 
2.2 
6.0 
1 
1 
2.6 
2.2 
10.0 
11.6 
15.9 
27.8 
17.3 
22.2 
9.2 
12.8 
Disked: 
Corn 
8 
1 
2 
2 
1.5 

.6 
1.2 
9.3 
7.5 
5.7 
5.5 
21.8 
8.8 
28.0 
27.1 
12.2 
9.0 
4.1 
Milo 
8.6 
Kafir 
8.5 
13 
1.2 
8.0 
22.5 
12.2 
8.8 
Green manure : 
Rye 
1 
1 
1.5 
.9 
12.8 
12.8 
20.2 
22.5 
10.5 
9.0 
9.1 
Total or average 
2 
1.2 
12.8 
21.4 
10.5 
9.2 
Summer tilled 
' 3 
4.6 
16.2 
25.8 
17.2 
12.8 
2.0 
9.2 
22.0 
13.1 
. 9.3 
Summary of Yields and Digest of Cost. 
Tillag 
e treatment. 
Previous crop. 
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a 
ci 
a? 
Yields, values, etc., 
H 
ft 
in 
d- 
CM 
ft 
CO 
ft 
j^> 
(average per acre). 
10 
T3 

ft 
d 
ft 
3 
42 
03 
o> 
ft 
in 
| 
1 
ft 
ft 
| 
co 
CO 
ft 
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s 
Ft 
a 
ft 
O 
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ci 
a 
3 
ft 
ft 
fq 
3 
a 
co 

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s 
CO 
a 


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B 
co 

CO 
O 
1 
Yields of grain : 
1909... bushels.. 
2.5 
2.1 
1.2 
2.2 
2.6 
1.2 
4.6 
1.8 
2.2 


1.2 
1910 do.... 
8.0 
6.8 
8.0 
11.6 
10.0 
12.8 
16.2 
8.9 
8.2 
7.5 
5.7 
5.5 
1911 do.... 












1912 do.... 
20.8 
19.1 
22.5 
27.8 
15.9 
21.4 
25.8 
22.0 
19.8 
8.8 
28.0 
27.1 
1913 do.... 
0) 
(') 
0) 
0) 
0) 
C 1 ) 
w 
0) 
0) 
0) 
(!) 
C) 
1914 do.... 
12.2 
2.2 
12.2 
22.2 
17.3 
10.5 
17.2 
12.2 
12.8 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
. Average 
8.7 
6.0 
8.8 
12.8 
9.2 
9.2 
12.8 
9.0 
8.6 
4.1 
8.6 
8.5 
Crop value, cost, 
etc.: 
Value 
82. 61 
81. 80 
82. 64 
83.84 
$2.76 
82. 76 
83.84 
Cost 
6.31 
5.84 
4.50 
5.30 
6.92 
14.36 
11.25 
—3.70 
—4.04 
—1.86 
—1.46 
—4.16 
-11.60 
—7.41 

Destroyed by hail. 
2 Discontinued. 
