BULLETIN OF THE 
No. 219 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry, Wm. A. Taylor, Ch 
June 2, 1915. 
CORN IN THE GREAT PLAINS AREA: RELATION OF CULTURAL 
METHODS TO PRODUCTION. 
By E. C. Chilcott, Agriculturist in Charge, and J. S. Cole and W. W. Burr, Assistants, 
Office of Dry-Land Agriculture. 1 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Introduction 1 
Area covered by these studies 3 
Climatic conditions 4 
General plan of the investigations 6 
Comparison of cultural methods. 
Results at individual stations. . . 
General discussion of results 
Conclusions 
INTRODUCTION. 
In planning the experimental work of the Office of Dry-Land Ag- 
riculture to study methods of crop production under dry-land con- 
ditions in the Great Plains, corn was given rather a prominent place. 
Experience had shown that in the production of fodder it was at 
least as safe a crop, and perhaps as productive, as any that could be 
grown in a large part of the area. Experience had also shown that 
i All of the members of the scientific staff of the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture have contributed 
more or less to this paper by having charge of field investigations and by assisting in the preparation 
of data for records or for publication. The scientific staff as at present constituted consists of the fol- 
lowing members, named in the order of length of service: W. W. Burr, Denver, Colo.; E. F. Chilcott, 
Woodward, Okla.; O. J. Grace, Akron, Colo.; J. S. Cole, Denver, Colo.; J. M. Stephens, Moccasin, Mont.; 
A. L. Hallsted, Hays, Kans.; O. R. Mathews, Belle Fourche, S. Dak.; J. C. Thysell, Dickinson, N. Dak.; 
M. Pfaender, Mandan, N. Dak.; H. C. McKinstry, Hettinger, N. Dak.; W. M. Osborn, North Platte, Nebr.; 
W. D. Griggs, Dalhart, Tex.; C. A. Burmeister, Amarillo, Tex.; J. E. Mundell, Big Springs, Tex.; F. L. 
Kelso, Ardmore, S. Dak.; W. A. Peterson, Mandan, N. Dak.; J. T. Sarvis, Ardmore', S. Dak.; G. W. Mor- 
gan, Huntley, Mont.; J. H. Jacobson, Mitchell, Nebr.; H. G.Smith, Tucumcari, N. Mex.; L. N. Jensen, 
Woodward, Okla.; J. G. Lill, Garden City, Kans.; R. S. Towle, Edgeley, N. Dak.; A. J. Ogaard, Williston, 
N. Dak.; C. B. Brown, Dalhart, Tex.; L. D. Willey, Archer, Wyo.; J. B. Kuska, Colby, Kans.; and A. E. 
Seamans, Akron, Colo. 
The following-named men have held positions on the scientific staff of the Office of Dry-Land Agricul- 
ture during the past nine years, but have resigned or have been transferred to other offices of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture: Sylvester Balz, F. L. Kennard, J. E. Payne, L. E. Hazen, C. A. Jensen, H. R. 
Reed, W. O. Whitcomb, C. H. Plath, F. Knorr, and R. W. Edwards. 
The data here reported from the stations in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Montana have been 
obtained in cooperation with the agricultural experiment stations of their respective States. In South 
Dakota, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico the stations are operated by the United States 
Department of Agriculture. 
Field, office, and laboratory facilities, teams, and implements have been provided by the Office of West- 
ern Irrigation Agriculture at Huntley, Mont., Belle Fourche, S. Dak., and Mitchell, Nebr., and by the 
Office of Cereal Investigations at Amarillo, Tex., and Archer, Wyo. The Biophysical Laboratory has 
cooperated in obtaining the meteorological data reported. 
Note.— This bulletin is intended for all who are interested in the agricultural possibilities of the Great 
Plains area. 
87563°— Bull. 219—15 1 
