UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 402 
= Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
= : WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
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a Washington, D.C. Vv October 3, 1916 
CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT THE 
AKRON FIELD STATION 
AKRON, COLO. 
a | By 
a GEORGE A. McMURDO 
Assistant, Office of Cereal Investigations 
CONTENTS 
Seetitroduction .. 4. . 5 ee ee 1 | Experiments with Oats . . . 2... 24 
_ Description of the District . . . . . . 2 | Experiments with Barley ..... -» 28 
| The Akron Field Station . ..... 10 | Experiments with Minor Cereals ... 31 
_ Experiments with Wheat ..... » 14 | Summary . 2. « © © © © ee © © 33 
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1916 
