. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GRAIN SOEGHUMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. ence crop growth. These factors are described in detail, in order that such comparisons may be made. The Amarillo Cereal Field Station (fig. 2) is located about 2\ miles northeast of the city of Amarillo, the county seat of Potter County,. Fig. 2.—Amarillo Cereal Field Station, rear view, showing weather instruments, farm buildings, and screened inclosure for cooperative transpiration studies, 1913. Tex. It contains 120 acres of level prairie land at an altitude of approximately 3
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GRAIN SOEGHUMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. ence crop growth. These factors are described in detail, in order that such comparisons may be made. The Amarillo Cereal Field Station (fig. 2) is located about 2\ miles northeast of the city of Amarillo, the county seat of Potter County,. Fig. 2.—Amarillo Cereal Field Station, rear view, showing weather instruments, farm buildings, and screened inclosure for cooperative transpiration studies, 1913. Tex. It contains 120 acres of level prairie land at an altitude of approximately 3,600 feet above sea level. This portion of the State was used almost entirely for grazing cattle until recently. During 30 Z5 ZO /o A t?&?S0/V/?L a \ \ ii \ \ 11 \ \ 11 \ \ 11 11 \ / 1 / i « /^ y / / / *• / V ' \ \ \ \ / / 1 V /9/3 J9/4- /9/S /9/6 /9/7. 1918 /9I9 Fig. 3.—Annual and seasonal (April to September) precipitation, in inches, at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station during the 7-year period from 1913 to 1919, inclusive. the past 20 years most of the large ranches have been divided and fenced into smaller farms. Large fields of grain sorghums, wheat, md oats may now be seen, breaking the monotony of the great expanse of level Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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