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BULLETIN 268, U, S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
tillage sometimes produces a crop when other methods fail, it seems 
that it might have a place in the production of oats, even though 
somewhat greater net profits may be obtained in the average of a 
series of years by other methods. Surety of production, especially 
of feed crops, is as important, if not more important, than the amount 
of net profits per acre. 
BARLEY. 
In Table V are brought together for the several stations the average 
yields of barley from different methods of preparation. The profit 
or loss per acre for the average crop for each method for which it 
has been computed is also shown. 
Table V. — Average yields and digest of cost of production per acre .of barley by different 
methods of tillage at fourteen stations in the Great Plains area. 
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Yields (bushels): 
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24.0 
9 
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10 
12 
16 
6 
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4 
16 
12 
12 
10 
8 
12 
24.0 
29.6 
16.1 
24.6 
18.5 
25.5 
8.3 
15.4 
15.9 
18.8 
11.2 
4.3 
1.9 
5.7 
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8 
5 
6 
8 
3 
6 
2 
8 
18 
36 
15 
12 
6 
29.0 
34.5 
27.5 
37.4 
23.4 
5 
29.0 
5 
30.5 
5 
30.2 
5 
Huntley 
4 
43.8 
2 
Williston 
5 
1 
3 
6 
2 
8 
6 
6 
5 
4 
6 
17.4 
25.1 
16.7 
19.9 
7.6 
14.0 
17.1 
18.6 
13.6 
6.9 
3.9 
8.2 
5 
6 
28.8 
32.5 
5 
6 
Edgeley 
8 20.0 
3 1 31.8 
6 12.6 
2 ! 27.6 
8 26.7 
8 
Hettinger 
14.9 
12.2 
18.6 
13.4 
18.4 
14.1 
8.9 
1.6 
6.6 
3 
6 
2 
7.7 
14.4 
6 
2 
8.0 
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Scottsblufi 
2 
North Platte 
8 
Akron 
6 
6 
5 
4 
6 
17.9 
12.7 
8.3 
4.4 
6.1 
6 
6 
5 
14.0 
14.6 
6.9 
6 
6 
5 
24.8 
19.3 
11.0 
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Hays 
12 
15.5 
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Garden City 
Dalhart 
5 
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6 12.6 
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Cost of production 
Profit or loss (— ): 
Judith Basin 
$6.46 
3.38 
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3.83 
.39 
1.70 
-3.34 
- .72 
.55 
1.17 
- .88 
-3.63 
-4.86 
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3.85 
6.15 
.61 
4.10 
1.60 
4.47 
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1.72 
-1.40 
-4.23 
-5.21 
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7.24 
9.50 
6.63 
10.68 
4.94 
1.46 
.35 
2.98 
.84 
2.89 
1.13 
-1.00 
-3.99 
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$5.45 
6.44 
$7.07 
5.44 
$14.51 
$11.40 
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5 
Huntley 
1 
5.45 
3 
Williston 
.41 
1.93 
-3.20 
1.64 
-6.23 
- .08 
- .45 
-1.23 
-3.49 
-6.89 
-8.78 
5 
Dickinson 
6 
Edgeley 
8 
Hettinger 
3 
Belle Fourche 
-2.29 
.45 
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-2.05 
-3.65 
-3.79 
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It is conspicuous in Table V that the yields at Belle Fourche, 
Garden City, Dalhart, and Amarillo have been markedly lower than 
at the 10 other stations. While some methods have increased the 
yields at these stations, they have not brought them up to a point 
that offers much encouragement for the growth of this crop. The 
