UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 219 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



June 2, 1915. 



CORN IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA 



RELATION OF CULTURAL METHODS 

 TO PRODUCTION 



By 



E. C. CHJJLCOTT, Agriculturist In Charge, and J. S. COLE 



and W. W. BURR, Assistants, Office of 



Dry-Land Agriculture 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



Area Covered by these Studies . . 



Climatic Conditions 



General Plan of the Investigations 



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Comparison of Cultural Methods 

 Results at Individual Stations 

 General Discussion of Results . 

 Conclusions 



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WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



