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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 222 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry ; 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



May 24, 1915 



BARLEY 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 



Importance of Barley as a Grain Crop 

 Area Included in These Investigations 



Climatic Conditions 



General Plan of the Investigations . . 



Comparison of Cultural Methods on the 



Basis of Cost 9 



Results at the Several Stations .... 12 



General Discussion of Results .... 28 



Conclusions 31 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



