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Table 8. — Variations in per cent of land in oats. 
Per cent of land in oat^. 
Number of farms in 
1910 
1913 
1914 1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
Xone 
21 
5 
20 
22 
26 
5 
1 
IS 
2 
13 
27 
34 
5 
1 
16 
1 
17 
25 
31 
6 
4 
21 
2 
20 
26 
23 
5 
3 
5 
1 
13 
33 
33 
13 
2 
12 
.. 
41 
32 
9 
10 
2 
22 
32 
21 
9 
2 
2 
15 
lto4 
5 to 14 
32 
27 
21 
5 
15 to 24 
25 to 34. 
35to44 
45to54 
55 to 64 
1 
1 
Table 9. — Variations in per cent of land in wheat. 
Per cent of land in wheat. 
Number of farms in 
- 
1910 
1913 
1914 1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
Xone. . - .- . __. 
40 
2 ! 
18 
24 
14 
2 1 
1 
75 
57 
46 
85 
5 
9 
1 
88 
2 
9 
1 
65 
16 
12 
7 
39 
1 to 4 
> 
5 to 14 
10 
8 
5 
2 
22 
14 
4 
3 
11 
26 
14 
3 
25 
15 to 24 
23 
25 to 34 
6 
35 to 44.. - 
Table 10. — Variations in per cent of land in rye. 
Per cent of land in rye. 
Number of farms in— 
1910 
1913 
1914 j 1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
98 
1 
1 
97 
1 
2 
89 
3 
8 
95 
2 
3 
93 
2 
4 
74 
2 
18 
4 
2 
79 
1 to 4 
6 
5tol4 
2 
It 
15 to 24 
L 
25 to 34.. 

: 1 ■ 
35 to 44 
1 
Table 11. — Comparative values of the production per acre of oats, wheat, and rye. 
1910 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 1917 
1918 
1919 
Average of— 
Item. 
1910. 
1913- 
1915. 
1916- 
1919. 
1910, 
1913- 
1919. 
Oats $15.04 
Wheat 18.60 
Rye 1 8.82 
$12. 24 
16.20 
9.54 
$14.06 
15.20 
9.00 
$18. 55 
18.62 
10.22 
$14. 80 $21. 96 
8. 40 31. 65 
21. 00 j 30. 45 
$32.24 
56.16 
27.93 
$29.40 
41.60 
23.40 
$14. 97 
17.16 
9.40 
$24. 00 
34.45 
25.70 
lift 79 
25.80 
17.54 
On the other hand, oats were a more certain crop, year after year, 
than wheat. Harvesting oats conflicted less with labor on corn than 
harvesting wheat. Oats were sown with an end-gate seeder in the 
spring before corn planting: while wheat was sown in the fall, when 
following corn with a 2 or 3 horse drill if the corn had been cut ofT. 
and witE a 1 -horse drill between the rows if the corn were to be 
busked from the standing stalk. 
