BULLETIN 9T6, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE AMARILLO CEREAL FIELD STATION. 



LOCATION. 



The results obtained at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station are 

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Fig. 1.— Sketch map of the Panhandle section of Texas and the surrounding country. The Panhandle 

 section as considered in this bulletin is shown by the shaded boundary. 



adjacent portions of New Mexico and Oklahoma having similar 

 climatic conditions. To help determine just how far these results 

 are applicable to other localities, it is desirable to know the physical 

 factors obtaining at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station which influ- 



