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Figure 5 presents the average yields of fodder at eaeh of the stations. 
The results by each of the five methods that have been under trial at 
all stations are shown separately. 
It appears that the yields reported from the Judith Basin Field 
Station and from Williston are abnormally high. While the yields 
have generally been good at these stations, it is doubtful if they have 
been as much higher than those at some of the other stations, as these 
figures indicate. It is probable that in the years showing excessively 
high yields the crop 
has not been well 
dried at the time of 
weighing. 
A very striking fact 
brought out by this 
graphic showing is the 
uniformity in the 
amount of stover or 
fodder produced by all 
methods at the sta- 
tions in Montana and 
North Dakota. So 
far as the production 
.of rough feed -is con- 
cerned, there appears 
very little difference 
on which to base a 
choice. South of 
North Dakota there 
is a general agree- 
ment of heavier 
yields of stover or 
fodder after corn than 
after small grain, ex- 
cept that at Scotts- 
bluff the yields are 
heavier after small 
grain than after corn. 
Small differences in stover yields are to be noted between the results 
following spring and fall plowing. On the whole, the average yields 
by the two methods are almost the same. 
The most noticeable effect resulting from cultural practice is the 
very marked increase in the yield of stover resulting from growing 
corn on summer-tilled land at the more southern stations — Garden 
City, Dalhart, and Amarillo. Only small increases in yields have 
attended the use of this method at Scottsbluff, North Platte, and Hays. 
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per acre by different methods at thirteen field stations in the 
Great Rains area. The methods of tillage are indicated by Arabic 
numerals at the top, as follows: 1, Fall plowing after corn; 2, fall 
plowing after small grain; 3, spring plowing after corn; 4 t spring 
plowing after small grain; 5, summer tillage. 
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