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BULLETIN 976, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE AMARILLO CEREAL FIELD STATION. 
LOCATION. 
The results obtained at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station are 
applicable to a large part of the Panhandle of Texas (fig. 1) and to 
Fig. 1, — Sketch map of the Panhandle section of Texas and the surrounding country. The Panhandle 
section as considered in this bulletin is shown by the shaded boundarj-. 
adjacent portions of New Mexico and Oklahoma having similar 
climatic conditions. To help determine just how far these results 
are applicable to other localities, it is desirable to know the physical 
factors obtaining at the Amarillo Cereal Field Station which influ- 
