GEAIN-SOEGHUM EXPERIMENTS IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. 



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ITiG. 1.— Sketch map of the Panhandle section of Texas and the surrounding country. The Panhandle 

 section as discussed in this bu lletin is indicated by the shaded boundary. 



to be the escarpment locally known as the "cap rock," which roughly 

 ipproxitnates the line of the 2,000-foot contour. The results given 

 tierein are applicable to all this district, includmg small portions of 

 adjacent New Mexico and Oklahoma. 



