BULLETIN 991, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table I. — Average annual yields from all plats in the main field at Edgeleij, 
N. Dak., during the 14-year period from 1906 to 1919. inclusive. 
Year. 
■Wheat. 
Oats. 
Barley. 
Corn 
(grain). 
Corn 
stover. 
Flax. 
Brome- 
grass. 
Alfalfa. 
Red 
clover. 
1906 
Bushels. 
30.9 
9.1 
15.9 
27.6 
5.7 
1.9 
33.9 
22.8 
16.2 
36.0 
8. S 
14.0 
15.4 
2.2 
Bushels. 
61.4 
24.9 
17.3 
56.0 
9.1 
4.4 
61.9 
40.7 
46.0 
79.7 
22.5 
16.4 
19.6 
16.2 
Bushels. Bushels. 
31. 2 39. 6 
12.9 
26.3 
29. 2 30. 4 
1.9 

29.4 
24. 2 20. 9 
31. 1 14. 8 
41.5 
21. 5 17. 5 
10.3 
11.3 
13.8 
Pounds. 
2,140 
2,420 
2,010 
5.042 
1^610 
4.630 
6, 350 
4,268 
4,049 
5,900 
3,300 
1,840 
2.8T9 
4,382 
Bushels. 
12.5 
44 

13.2 


1.-6 
4.0 
4.1 
8.9 
1.4 


Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
1907 
3,000 
2,313 
4,288 
1. 125 
1,238 
3,950 
2,588 
3,538 
2,800 
4,7.50 
1.713 
1,775 
2,663 
1908 
425 
1,000 
1,000 
975 
3. 775 
1,650 
3, 305 
4.760 
5,650 
1, 575 
500 

550 
1909... 
1910 
850 
1911 
1912... 
1913 
1914 
1915 .. 
500 
2,480 
2,300 
5,940 
1916 
1917 
1,300 
1918 
00 
1919 
17.2 
34.0 
20.3 
8.8 
3,623 
3.6 
2. 749 
2,051 
1,160 
General conditions for crops were not favorable in 1907. The 
spring was late and cold. During the growing season there was lit- 
tle rain. Just previous to ripening time, hot dry winds dried up the 
grain. A hailstorm on July 13 did some damage to small grains and 
hurt the corn very appreciably. No ears were matured on the corn. 
Yields in 1908 were about the average. The spring was cold, and 
stands, especially of oats, were rather poor and spotted. Corn was 
replanted in June. The growth in June was good, but high hot 
winds with little rainfall from heading until harvest time reduced 
the yield and flattened the differences between methods. Corn did 
not mature ears, and the yield of fodder was reduced by a hailstorm 
in August, which stripped the leaves and checked growth. 
General conditions for crop production were very favorable in 
1909. The prospective yield of small grains was decreased somewhat 
by hot dry winds at about the time they were in the milk stage. 
Corn was mature September 9. 
The year 1910 was very unfavorable. Cold weather and heavy 
frosts after coming up checked and injured the crop. May, June. 
and July were very dry. The precipitation for April. May. June, 
and July was only 5.08 inches. 
The poor crops of 1911 were due to drought with high temperatures 
and winds. The rainfall was poorly distributed, with particularly 
marked deficiency in June and July. The heavy rainfall of August 
made a fairly good crop of corn fodder. 
An exceptionally good year, with high yields, was 1912. At no 
time did the crops suffer from a lack of water. Temperatures and 
evaporation were low. The season was too cool to mature corn. 
On the whole, 1913 was fairly favorable to crop production. Small 
grain suffered from a lack of moisture in the first half of June and 
again preceding harvest, Corn matured on all the plats. 
