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necessity of hiring extra labor in order to get the oats in on time. 
Also additional labor is available in time to assist with the barley 
work. Again, at harvest time the barley work usually comes just 
before the oats and fits in well with the labor program. It also 
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reduces the risk of the crop failure. Under these conditions there 
is a possibility of increasing the returns by changing from barley 
to oats, as shown below. 
Oats, 15 acres, 38 bushels per acre, 570 bushels, at $0.30 $171 
Barley, 15 acres, 25 bushels per acre, 375 bushels, at $0.40 150 
Increase in value of oats over barley 21 
Increase in cost of seed, twine, and threshing * 
Added returns from choice of 15 acres of oats - 19 
