THE EFFECTIVE USE OF LAND AS SHOWN BY YIELD 29 
TABLE I1V.—Oats: Five-year average yield per acre, by States, 1885-1889 to 
1920-1924 
' Average yield per acre by 5-year periods 
Division and State 1 
1885-89 | 1890-94 | 1895-99 | 1900-04 | 1905-09 | 1910-14 | 1915-19 | 1920-24 
4 : — a fn 
New England: Bushels | Bushels | Bushels | Bushels| Bushels| Bushels | Bushels | Bushels 
Via Cle oe tae oy: Re ae oe 29. 2 33. 1 36. 5 BtaD 36. 0 39.3 36. 4 ae 
WierINOn tis ee gew tae eles ee ae 32. 3 33. 7 38. 6 36. 7 34. 8 40. 2 36. 6 34. 9 
Middle Atlantic: 
INS eva AON Kish en ng Daa ae 8 he a 27.0 24. 7 30. 9 31.4 30. 8 32. 0 34. 1 32. 1 
ING We CLSC Vics ise ee ee el 25. 4 24. 4 27.9 Dien 27.3 30% 33. 5 28. 6 
IRennsylvaniae ee eee eee eS 26. 7 23. 6 29. 5 29. 7 28. 6 31.5 34.8 33. 2 
East North Central: 
ON Oe FS aap etc Sak: Ba 3255 26. 6 S250 36. 6 29.7|- 35.2 38. 2 34.0 
Vy avob eh ave \ee eee as eas een a ae he Bee ore 27.8 PAS 7h 28. 6 31.0 26. 6 31. 2 BY AI) 30. 8 
RUT O 1S SSeS Re ee be 2 33. 6 29. 2 30. 4 32. 5 29. 6 32. 6 42.0 33. 8 
INET CHT gare Ske are ee yey oe 32. 1 28. 0 29. 2 By 29. 1 32. 2 34. 8 33. 2 
VV ALSCO TAS Tae st to as oe 30. 1 30. 0 35. 0 33. 9 32.6 32. 1 41.4 aye al 
West North Central 
Minnesota tse tee eee oe a aera S22 28. 3 3350 34.0 29. 3 31.8 34.9 35. 5 
OY RAR RY ieee ACRES = BNR a ES 32. 2 Qi. 2 34. 3 30. 2 28. 7 35. 0 40. 2 36. 1 
IVINSS OURIeH ae See ee es ee Ee 202) 21.4 21.9 9B}. 22.9 24. 7 29. 6 24.1 
INOGtHED Akola se ae 2 eee 26. 4 24.7 27.8 30. 1 29.8 25. 4 23. 0 26. 7 
SoutheDakotasess. 22a. sy Shae eee ey. ae 221.6 25..5 33. 0 29. 2 DT 34. 8 31.5 
INebpaskas 26 em 0 ee hd kee ys 28. 5 21.9 BiG 27.3 24. 8 24.8 32. 2 29. 8 
Kam Sa Seely ie ene cp Noi: Sek, aN 26. 9 23.6 19.9 26. 0 22. 2 26. 3 26. 2 24.6 
South Atlantic: 
WManylan des. 2: tas 226 Settee Seas S 20. 5 18.3 23. 4 23. 8 Da Tf 28. 4 RIE 4 30. 6 
Watgeaitau teem eee ee aan as, eee eg 14.1 12.0 15.8 16. 1 17.6 20. 2 PALATE 21.6 
\WW/GSig Witte 2 ee 18. 5 17.6 22.0 23. 0 19.8 23.9 453 | 24. 4 
INonbhk@ arolinae =e. aa: saesees 10.0 10. 6 ig} 3 1B} 7 15. 1 18. 1 18. 3 20. 2 
Southy@ anglican. esses eee 9.8 lal 14.1 TI 18. 4 21S 19.3 23. 5 
(ESO) era 2) a ee ek Caras SS So Mg Pe 10. 4 11.8 118% il 14.0 15.9 20. 5 19.6 20. 0 
East South Central: 
Ken GU Cksyt eee os eh ed a ae 19.1 18.0 21. 2 21. 4 19.1 22 23.9 21.0 
A CTINESSCG eas ee Sah eS det ay 14.3 12.8 16. 5 17.9 18. 4 PAL? 23. 2 20. 2 
WAN apt) ae es pT oe a eh 11.1 12. 5 13. 8 14.1 16. 2 20. 2 18. 3 18. 7 
IVEISSISSIP Dies sae cea Wee 10. 9 12.6 14. 2 15. 5 17.0 19. 8 19. 2 18. 6 
| West South Central 
EAP KONSAS Soo Re ee Nort ane te eee 18. 2 16. 7 20. 1 19, 2 19.5 23. 8 24.8 23. 0 
| (UOUISIAN A 28 Sap al ee 101 9 14.9 15.8 16. 2 16. 4 21.9 22. 7 22. 1 
ORTao nase ares Sea eee ee See Bea eb 229.8 27.8 PAA 24.3 24. 2 
AL ORAS es eeaere SE oe ae Mere miern = 22. 8 24. 7 24, 2 28.9 28. 1 BO) 29. 9 25. 3 
Mountain: 
Mion tan aes ss cate ale ser. < er 31.4 34. 6 40. 6 41.7 43.3 42.7 29.3 28. 4 
TO aN OMe ee ease oe ee 29, 4 33. 1 38. 1 39.9 41.2 44.5 40. 7 40. 1 
Wivoming= = Senses ETS AN ee eas se A he) Le i 33. 9 34, 2 36. 5 36. 1 32.5 
| Colorador ae nee ease ee eh 31.9 25. 6 31.8 32. 4 35.1 38. 4 34. 0 28. 9 
ING WalVEexd Co aimee emcee ogee tan Un Eee nc URL hy a ee 34.0 30. 2 23. 2 
LOS ies T aoe Sy Se atc 2 math py Le ees Dieu 29. 5 36. 0 Glass Cf 43. 2 46. 1 42. 5 37. 4 
Pacific: 
Washing forms rspes seca po cae es 35. 2 36. 6 40. 6 45.1 48. 5 47. 5 41.2 46. 5 
OTrézonichn sabe) Saar MS Te SS 26. 9 28. 6 Es 27.8 S107 36. 9 34.8 32. 8 
C@alitonnianeer eset. Se eee 26. 6 29. 1 28.3 31.8 29. 4 35. 3 32. 5 30. 4 
¢ eats producing less than 1,000,000 bushels annually during the period 1920-1924 not included in this 
able. i 
2 Four-year average. 
