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 

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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 prairie. 



