UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 218 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



May 28, 1915 



OATS IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA 



RELATION OF CULTURAL METHODS 

 TO PRODUCTION 



By 



E. C. CHILCOTT, Agriculturist in Charge, and J. S. COLE 



and W. W. BURR, Assistants, Office of 



Dry-Land Agriculture 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Area Included in these Investigations 



Climatic Conditions 



General Plan of the Investigations 



Comparison of Cultural Methods 

 Results at the Several Stations . 

 General Discussion of Results . 

 Conclusions 



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WASHINGTON 



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1915 



