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Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry. 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief. 
E Washington, D. C. vV October 3, 1916 
_ CEREAL EXPERIMENTS AT THE AKRON FIELD 
q STATION, AKRON, COLO. 
By Grorce A. McMurpo, 
Assistant, Office of Cereal Investigations. 
& CONTENTS. 
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Memnimocduction. -..<.. 2-1 9....82-.08 ces lee et 1 | Experiments with oats... ¢22...2[2.21... een 84 
Se Description. of the district. ........-......-.- 2 | Experiments with barley......-.2...-------- 28 
Sethe Akron Field Station. ...............-.-- 10 | Experiments with minor cereals.....-....... rail 
“e Experiments with wheat ..........-.-.------ al aS TNT AT Vee pene hn ese 8 ed, of) eo eee 33 
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a INTRODUCTION. 
The experiments with cereals at the Akron Field Station! were 
_ begun in the fall of 1907. They have been conducted for the follow- 
4 ing purposes: (1) To determine the best crops, crop varieties, and 
strains for that section of Colorado; (2) to improve varieties by 
Bibreeding: and (3) to determine | the best methods of cereal pro- 
duction. 
_ This bulletin contains the results of experiments conducted during 
_ eight years, 1908 to 1915, inclusive. A period of eight years should 
‘ _be sufficient to warrant drawing some fairly accurate conclusions. 
It is believed, however, that the production factors in this period 
Biiave been nee more favorable than can be expected in a longer 
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___ The data herein presented should indicate the relative values of 
_ the cereals. They should also show the best varieties of each cereal 
for this district and for localities with similar. conditions. 
1 The Akron Field Station, Akron, Colo., is operated by the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investiga- 
tions. The cereal experiments are Concceed by the Office of Cereal Investigations in cooperation with 
_ theofficenamed. These experiments werebegunin1907. Mr. Wilson G. Shelley wasin charge from March 
1, 1908, until Feb. 28,1911. Mr. Clyde McKee was then appointed scientific assistant and placed‘in charge 
_ ofcerealinvestigations at Akron, which position he retained till Feb. 15, 1913. He was then succeeded by 
Mr. Charles H. Clark, who remained till July 1, 1913, on which date he was transferred to take charge of 
flax investigations in the Office of Cereal Investigations. The writer of this bulletin was placed in charge 
_ ofthe cereal experiments at Akron on the date of Mr. Clark’s transfer. 
50400°—Bull. 402—16——1 
