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BULLETIN 218, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DALHART FIELD STATION. 



The soil at Dalhart is a sandy loam. In some respects it behaves 

 like sand. In other respects it exhibits the characteristics of a heavy 

 clay soil. Its water-holding capacity is comparatively limited. 

 The crops appear, however, to be able to utilize its water to the 

 depth of a normal development. 



Table XVII. — Yields and cost of production of oats by different methods at the Dalhart 

 Field Station, 1909 to 1914, inclusive. 



Treatment and previous crop. 



Number 

 of plats 

 averaged. 



Yield per acre (bushels). 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Average. 



Fall plowed: 



Wheat 



3 

 1 

 1 





 

 



0) 

 C 1 ) 

 ( J ) 





 

 



0) 





 

 



15. S 

 26.4 

 16.2 



4.0 





6.6 





4.1 









5 



18.0 



4.5 







 

 



C 1 ) 

 0) 

 0) 





 

 



0) 



(') 

 ( l ) 





 

 





Spring plowed: 



Wheat 



1 

 1 



2 



.13.7 

 14.3 



3.4 





3.6 















4 



14.0 



3.5 





5.9 

 



3.0 









 

 

 



C 1 ) 



( x ) 





 



C 1 ) 

 C 1 ) 





 





Sod breaking: 



Alfalfa 



1 

 1 





2.0 















2 





1.0 





C 1 ) 



0) 

 0) 

 0) 



0) 









 

 

 



0) 



C 1 ) 

 C 1 ) 









 

 

 









1 



23.4 



5.9 







Disked: 



6 

 1 

 2 

 2 



16.7 

 15.0 



4.2 





3.8 



Milo 







Kafir 













11 



15.9 



4.0 







 



C 1 ) 

 C 1 ) 





 



G) 





 2.0 





Green manured: 



Rye 



1 

 1 











.7 









2 



1.0 





.3 





12.1 



« 





(') 







3 



3.3 



21.6 



9.3 











1.5 



.4 



18.0 



5.0 















Destroyed by hail. 



