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Agronomy Mimeo. No. 26 February 1942 SPRING BARLEY UNDER INDIANA CONDITIONS Prepared by R. R. Mulvey, Agronomy Department, Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station FARMERS FIND SPRING BARLEY UNPROFITABLE IN INDIANA: Barley is by no means a new crop for this state. It has probably been grown in Indiana as Long as oats, yet the acreage has always remained relatively small. The average spring barley crop of Indiana in recent years comprised less than one percent of all the small grain crops, yet the Station receives many inquiries about this crop. This interest is chiefly due to the low acre value of oats and the desire to know the relative profitableness of barley. Several farmers are interested in it’s feeding value as compared with corn, especially for hogs. A COOL WEATHER CROP: The climate of this state as a whole, is not favorable to the profitable production of spring barley. The crop is sensitive to hot winds, hot sultry weather, and drought. The crop should be seeded early, which is frequently impossible, especially on the heavier types of soil, due to frequent spring rains. WHERE ADAPTED? Spring barley is not recommended for the state as a whole. In the northern two tiers of counties and the northeast section it can be profitably grown as compared with oats on the fertile loam soils. Acid soils and light sandy soils are less adapted to the profitable production of this crop than oats. The data collected by the Agronomy Department of the Purdue Aricultural Experiment Station indicates what one should expect from this crop as compared with the other small grain crops. These results were obtained on the Soils and Crops Farm, the soil of which is commonly called "black and clay" and will apply to the greater part of central Indiana. THIRTY - TWO YEAR AVERAGES FOR SMALL GRAINS AT PURDUE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION1 Average yield, Average Indiana Average Ave. pounds Crop bushels per farm price, gross of grain acre Dec. 1 return per acre Winter wheat 30.4 333.74 1824 Winter rye 34.0 .31 27.54 1904 Spring oats 53.4 .39 22.78 1869 Winter barley 33.72 .64 21.57 1618 Spring barley 27.2 .64 17.41 1306 Spring wheat 13.6 1.10 14.96 816 1. 1910 - 1941 2. No crop two years due to winter killing. Not included in average.
Object Description
Title | Extension Mimeo AY, no. 026 (Feb. 1942) |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-mimeoAY026 |
Title of Issue | Spring Barley Under Indiana Conditions |
Date of Original | 1942 |
Genre | Periodical |
Collection Title | Extension Mimeo AY (Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service) |
Rights Statement | Copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 08/10/2015 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 400 ppi on a BookEye 3 scanner using Opus software. Display images generated in Contentdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
URI | UA14-13-mimeoAY026.tif |
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Title | Page 001 |
Purdue Identification Number | UA14-13-mimeoAY026 |
Title of Issue | Spring Barley Under Indiana Conditions |
Date of Original | 1942 |
Genre | Periodical |
Collection Title | Extension Mimeo AY (Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service) |
Rights Statement | Copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Transcript | Agronomy Mimeo. No. 26 February 1942 SPRING BARLEY UNDER INDIANA CONDITIONS Prepared by R. R. Mulvey, Agronomy Department, Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station FARMERS FIND SPRING BARLEY UNPROFITABLE IN INDIANA: Barley is by no means a new crop for this state. It has probably been grown in Indiana as Long as oats, yet the acreage has always remained relatively small. The average spring barley crop of Indiana in recent years comprised less than one percent of all the small grain crops, yet the Station receives many inquiries about this crop. This interest is chiefly due to the low acre value of oats and the desire to know the relative profitableness of barley. Several farmers are interested in it’s feeding value as compared with corn, especially for hogs. A COOL WEATHER CROP: The climate of this state as a whole, is not favorable to the profitable production of spring barley. The crop is sensitive to hot winds, hot sultry weather, and drought. The crop should be seeded early, which is frequently impossible, especially on the heavier types of soil, due to frequent spring rains. WHERE ADAPTED? Spring barley is not recommended for the state as a whole. In the northern two tiers of counties and the northeast section it can be profitably grown as compared with oats on the fertile loam soils. Acid soils and light sandy soils are less adapted to the profitable production of this crop than oats. The data collected by the Agronomy Department of the Purdue Aricultural Experiment Station indicates what one should expect from this crop as compared with the other small grain crops. These results were obtained on the Soils and Crops Farm, the soil of which is commonly called "black and clay" and will apply to the greater part of central Indiana. THIRTY - TWO YEAR AVERAGES FOR SMALL GRAINS AT PURDUE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION1 Average yield, Average Indiana Average Ave. pounds Crop bushels per farm price, gross of grain acre Dec. 1 return per acre Winter wheat 30.4 333.74 1824 Winter rye 34.0 .31 27.54 1904 Spring oats 53.4 .39 22.78 1869 Winter barley 33.72 .64 21.57 1618 Spring barley 27.2 .64 17.41 1306 Spring wheat 13.6 1.10 14.96 816 1. 1910 - 1941 2. No crop two years due to winter killing. Not included in average. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 08/10/2015 |
Digitization Information | Original scanned at 400 ppi on a BookEye 3 scanner using Opus software. Display images generated in Contentdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
URI | UA14-13-mimeoAY026.tif |
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