. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CEREAL EXPEEIMENTS ON THE CHEYENNE EXPEBIMENT FARM. 9 acres, is laid out in series lettered from A to L, inclusive. Each contains 67 tenth-acre plats except series J, K, and L, each of whicli contains only 46 tenth-acre plats. Eighteen acres of this field are devoted to rotation experiments mider the direction of the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations. The soil on the entire experi- mental area is as uniform as can be expected m this district and is fairly representative of the soil of southeastern Wyoming.
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. CEREAL EXPEEIMENTS ON THE CHEYENNE EXPEBIMENT FARM. 9 acres, is laid out in series lettered from A to L, inclusive. Each contains 67 tenth-acre plats except series J, K, and L, each of whicli contains only 46 tenth-acre plats. Eighteen acres of this field are devoted to rotation experiments mider the direction of the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations. The soil on the entire experi- mental area is as uniform as can be expected m this district and is fairly representative of the soil of southeastern Wyoming. SCOPE OF THE EXPERIMENTS. Varietal experiments m plats have been conducted with winter and spring wheat, ermner, and oats, and with spring barley, flax, and proso. Rate-of-seeding and date-of-seeding tests have been made with whiter wheat and with spring wheat, oats, barley, and Fig. 3.—Silo and cow l)am on the Cheyenne Experiment Farm, Archer, Wyo. (Photograph lent by the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations.) In 1913, 7 varieties of winter wheat, 1 of winter eiiimer, 32 varie- ties and 11 pure lines of spring wheat, 14 varieties of oats, 16 of barley, 12 of flax, 8 of proso, and 8 of grain sorghum were grown at Archer. Rate-of-seeding and date-of-seeding tests with 2 whiter wheats, 1 spring wheat, 1 spring oats, and 1 spring ])arley and a date-of-seeding test with flax were also conducted. In 1914 the number of winter wlieats was materially increased. A few flax varieties and a rate-of-seeding test with flax also were added. In 1915 the number of varietic^s and (;x|)(»rim(!nts wns about the same as in 1014. KXPEIIIMKNTAL METHODS. Two general in(;tiiods of experimentation have ])ecn used at Archer. Cereal varieties have been tested in field ])lats and in nursery rows. It is possible to lest C(;onomicaUy a miicli lai-gcr. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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