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and the use of his land and equipment, he would have needed a price 
<>f $1.85 per bushel for a 20-bushel yield or $0.73 per bushel for a 60- 
bushel crop. It is the farmer with comparatively low yields who 
needs to make special efforts to increase his yields, as it usually 
costs less and is more profitable to raise a low yield to a medium 
yield than to raise a medium yield to a very good yield. 
Table 18. — Crop yields on 
Sunnyside division of Yakima project, 
and on, farms studied 1 
Washington, 
Year 
Alfalfa 
Pota- 
toes 
Wheat 
Oats 
Barley 
Sugar 
beets 
Cora, 
grain 
Com, 
silage 
Tons 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Tons 
Bushels 
Tons 
1913 
5.0 
264 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 3 ) 
50 
(*) 
1914 
5.0 
230 
(2) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 3 ) 
53 
■ 
1915 
4.0 
217 
20 
60 
32 
( 3 ) 
60 
( 2 ) 
1916 
4.8 
223 
20 
40 
! - 
( 3 ) 
48 
12 
1917 
4.5 
232 
20 
44 
31 
10.0 
47 
15 
IQ18 
4.3 
211 
20 
40 
28 
5.0 
50 
11 
1919 
4.2 
203 
26 
60 
27 
10.0 
47 
10 
1920 
4.2 
257 
53 
46 
28 
15.0 
42 
10 
1921 
4.2 
4.0 
300 
267 
28 
35 
52 
48 
29 
26 
5.0 
5.3 
36 
44 
12 
1922 . «. 
20 
1923 
4.0 
237 
29 
51 
26 
2.1 
43 
13 
Av. 1919-1923 - 
4.1 
4.6 
253 
320 
34 
41 
51 
53 
27 
36 
7.5 
7.4 
42 
50 
13 
Av. 1921 and 1922 on farms studied .. 
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Compiled from annual reports of the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. 
2 Yields not recorded. 
'Sugar beets were not grown commercially in the valley prior to 1917. 
Table 19. — Variation in crop yields on farms studied, 1921 and 1922 
Crop and yield per acre 
Farms producing 
specified yields 
Crop and yield per acre 
Farms producing 
specified yields 
1921 
1922 
1921 
1922 
Alfalfa: 
Number 
11 
33 
38 
24 
5 
Number 
16 
43 
56 
20 
3 
Potatoes: 
15 tons and over 
12 to 14. 9 tons 
Number 
2 
12 
39 
37 
9 
Number 
g 
27 
9 to 11. 9 tons 
47 
3to3.9tons 
6 to 8. 9 tons 
39 
6 
Total 
Total 
HI 
4.6 
138 
J. 7 
99 
8.9 
127 
Average yield per acre.. 
Average yield per acre.. 
Sugar beets: 
10 tons and over 
10.3 
Wheat: 
55 bushels and over 
8 
18 
11 
5 
S 
15 
21 i 
13 
1 
2 
5 
1 
40 to 54 bushels 
5 to 9. 9 tons 
1 
25 to 39 bushels ... _ ... 
1 
Less than 25 bushels 
Total 
Average yield per acre.. 
Rutabagas: 
20 tons and over 
8 
4.0 
3 
10.7 
Total 
Average yield per acre.. 
42 
43 
57 
39 
5 
1 
10 
1 
Corn for grain: 
2 
8 
8 
24 
18 
18 
17 
9 
8 
2 
75 bushels and over 
15 to 19. 9 tons 
4 
60 to 74 bushels 
10 to 14 9 tons 
12 
45 to 59 bushels 
5 
30 to 44 bushels 
1 
Less than 30 busheis 
17 
13.7 
Total 
Average yield per acre.. 
49 
41 
70 
58 
Average yield per acre.. 
12.5 
