CORN IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 
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cents per acre on land which was summer tilled the previous year to 
$5.43 by spring plowing where corn followed corn. 
Table XIII. — Yields and cost of production of com by different methods at the Akron 
Field Station, 1909 to 1914, inclusive. 
Fall plowed. 
Spring plowed. 
Yields, values, etc. 
(average per acre). 
After corn 
(1 plat). 
After 
small 
grain 
(12 plats). 
After corn 
(1 plat). 
After 
small 
grain 
(9 plats). 
soiled, 
after corn 
(lplat). 
Listed, 
after corn 
(2 plats). 
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tilled 
(1 plat). 
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Yields: 
1909 
Bu. 
27.3 
18.3 

46.9 
9.9 
17.3 
20.0 
$8.00 
Lbs. 
3, 890 
1,640 
1,040 
3,040 
1,840 
2,300 
2,292 
$4.58 
Bu. 
24.6 
7.7 
5.4 
30.0 
.5 
9.3 
12.9 
$5.16 
Lbs. 
2,424 
1,438 
1,378 
2, 393 
1,010 
1,968 
1,769 
$3. 54 
Bu. 
30.0 
21.6 
1.3 
33.9 
13.6 
15.9 
19.4 
$7.76 
Lbs. 
4,700 
1,840 
1,210 
2,500 
2,020 
2,060 
2,388 
$4.78 
Bu. 
23.5 
10.8 
.4 
31.0 
4.3 
12.0 
13.7 
$5.48 
Lbs. 
2, 499 
1,590 
776 
2,303 
1,476 
1,833 
1,746 
$3.49 
Bu. 
32.8 
12.7 

37.1 
4.3 
13.9 
Lbs. 
4,300 
1,490 
1,180 
2, 440 
1,290 
1,980 
2,113 
Bu. 
26.1 
15.1 
1.4 
22.0 
9.0 
9.5 
13.9 
$5.56 
Lbs. 
4,325 
1,000 
1,105 
2,060 
1,530 
1,750 
1,962 
$3.92 
Bu. 
25.0 
21.4 
12.9 
33.6 
13.7 
18.6 
20.9 
$8. 36 
Lbs. 
3,190 
1910 
1,350 
1911 
1,690 
1912 
2,500 
1913 
2,410 
1914 
2,400 
16.8 
$6.72 
2,257 
$4.23 
$4.51 
$12.58 
7.49 
$8.70 
7.49 
$12. 54 
7.11 
$8.97 
7.11 
$10. 95 
8.18 
$9.48 
5.98 
$12. 87 
Cost 
12.36 
Profit ... 
5-09 
1.21 
5-43 
1 86 
2-77 
3-50 
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HAYS FIELD STATION. 
Table XIV presents some of the results of different methods of 
growing corn at Hays, Kans. The data are presented for only six 
years. In 1911 and 1913, for which no figures are given in the table, 
there would have been yields of forage, but the crop while suffering 
from drought was destroyed by grasshoppers. The area of the plats 
was so small that the damage from the insects was much worse than 
it would have been on larger fields. The surrounding area is cropped 
chiefly to small grains. When these are harvested, the grasshoppers 
move from the stubble into the corn and sorghums. 
Corn produced an average of a little over 1J tons of fodder and 5.5 
to 9.9 bushels of grain per acre. Little difference is exhibited in the 
yields by different methods. Such differences as are shown are not 
consistent from year to year. While the crop is productive of a good 
amount of feed each year, it appears to offer little possibility as a 
grain crop. With values as here assigned to the grain and forage 
the crop shows a small profit from all methods except summer tillage, 
which is charged with an average loss of 54 cents per acre. The 
greatest profits were by listing after corn and by spring plowing after 
corn. These show average annual profits of $2.69 and $2.67 per 
acre, respectively. 
