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number of varieties in the nursery than in the plats. Only the 
data obtained from the plat tests are reported in this paper. All 
rate-of-seeding and date-of-seeding experiments have been con- 
ducted on field plats. 
SIZE AND ARRANGEMENT OF PLATS. 
In 1913 and 1914 tenth-acre plats were used in varietal, rate-of- 
seeding, and date-of-seeding experiments. The plats were 2 by 8 
rods, or 33 by 132 feet, arranged in series of 67 plats. The plats in 
each series were separated by 5-foot alleys and the series of plats 
were separated by 20-foot roadways. Thus each plat was bordered 
on each side by a 5-foot alley and on each end by a 20-foot road. 
In 1915 the plats used were a thirtieth and a twentieth of an acre, 
being 11 by 132 feet and 16.5 by 132 feet, respectively. The thir- 
Fig. 4.—Farmers’ round-up on the Cheyenne Experiment Farm, Archer, Wyo. Each year the 
farmers in the community visit the station and inspect the experimental work. (Photograph lent 
by the Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations.) 
tieth-acre plats were separated by 18-inch alleys and the twentieth- 
acre plats by 30-inch alleys. Thus the thirtieth-acre plats were 
bordered on the sides by 18-inch alleys and on the ends by 20-foot 
roads. The twentieth-acre plats had 30-inch alleys on each side 
and 20-foot roads on each end. The long dimension of the series 
extended east and west, while that of the plats extended north and > 
south. The series are designated by the letters A to M. The plats 
are numbered from 1 to 67, inclusive. 
REPLICATION OF PLATS. 
In 1913 the winter wheats were grown in duplicate tenth-acre plats. 
The spring wheats and other spring cereals were grown in single 
tenth-acre plats. In 1914 all winter and spring cereals were grown 
in single tenth-acre plats except a few spring-wheat varieties, which 
