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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 



8 
C 1 ) 



(") 
c 1 ) . 



15.8 
26.4 
16.2 
4.0 
Oats 
6.6 
4.1 
5 
1S.0 
4.5 

2 
C 1 ) 



0) 
0) 



Spring plowed: 
Wheat 
1 
13.7 
14.3 
3.4 
Oats 
3.6 
Corn 

4 
14.0 
3.5 
5.9 

3.0 





0) 
0) 


C 1 ) 
C 1 ) 


Sod breaking: 
Alfalfa 
1 
1 
2.0 

2 
1.0 
0) 
O) 
0) 
(') 





(>) 
0) 
C 1 ) 
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 


0) 
0) 


0) 
C 1 ) 

2.0 
Green manured: 
R ve 
1 
1 

Peas 
.7 
2 
1.0 
.3 
12.1 
( l ) 
C 1 ) 
3 
3.3 
21.6 
9.3 
... 
.4 
18.0 
5.0 
Destroyed by hail. 
