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BULLETIN 1197, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 3. — Altitude, normal or average precipitation, and soil type at 52 experiment 
stations at which experiments with emmer and spelt have been conducted. 
Area and station. 
Altitude. 
South Atlantic (humid) area: 
Athens, Ga 
Rosslyn, Va 
College Park, Md. 1 
Mississippi and St. Lawrence Val- 
leys (subhumid) area: 
Denton, Tex 
McPherson, Kans 
Manhattan, Kans 
La Fayette, Ind 
Madison, Wis 
St. Paul, Minn 
Morris, Minn 
Grand Rapids, Minn 
Crookston, Minn 
Brookings, S. Dak 
Fargo, N. Dak 
Guelph, Ontario 
Ottawa, Ontario 
Naopan, Nova Scotia 
Great Plains (semiarid) area: 
Amarillo, Tex 
Charming, Tex 
Hays, Kans 
Akron, Colo 
North Platte, Nebr 
Archer, Wyo 
Jireh, Wyo .• 
Sheridan, Wyo 
Highmore, S. Dak 
Eureka, S. Dak 
Cottonwood, S. Dak 
Newell, S. Dak 
Hettinger, N. Dak 
Dickinson, N. Dak 
Williston, N . Dak 
Edgeley, N. Dak 
Langdon, N. Dak 
Brandon, Manitoba 
Indian Head, Saskatchewan 
Rosthem, Saskatchewan 
Lethbridge, Alberta 
Lacombe, Alberta 
Western Basin and Coast area: 
Phoenix, Ariz 
Cochise, Ariz 
Prescott, Ariz 
Sno vvflake Ariz 
Modesto, Calif 
Paso Robles, Calif 
Chico, Calif 
Nephi, Utah 
Aberdeen, Idaho 
Burns, Oreg 
Moro, Oreg 
Lind, Wash 
Agassiz, British Columbia.. . 
Feet. 
694 
50 
1,495 
1,014 
617 
974 
818 
1,170 
"'863' 
1,636 
935 
1,050 
294 
Precipitation. 
Normal 
or 
average. 
Length 
of 
record. 
Inches. 
49.88 
41.10 
3,676 
3,900 
2,000 
4,560 
3,000 
6,027 
1,890 
1,884 
2,414 
2,900 
2, 253 
2; 453 
1,S75 
1,468 
1.615 
1,176 
1,924 
1,657 
2,961 
2,783 
1,108 
4,219 
5,008 
5,600 
90 
6,000 
4,400 
4,100 
1,800 
1,630 
52 
34.45 
32.32 
32.59 
38.29 
31.25 
27.80 
23. 51 
2 28. 05 
23.01 
19.99 
3 24. 92 
27.05 
32. 60 
35.81 
20. SI 
21. 12 
23. 16 
18.86 
18.86 
« 14. 23 
5 14. 03 
14.72 
16.75 
16.43 
15.54 
14.31 
13.78 
15.17 
14.90 
s 20. 25 
? 16. 83 
12.95 
19.44 
15.01 
15. 45 
17.62 
7.39 
11.41 
17.40 
13.24 
10.52 
16.04 
23.59 
13.27 
9.05 
7.49 
11.53 
7.25 
63. 7S 
Years. 
44 
10 
Type of soil. 
Cecil clay loam and Cecil sandy loam. 
Clay. 
Brown sandv loam. 
Deep sandy loam. 
Dark-brown silt loam . 
Light clay loam. 
i Heavy clay loam. 
I Glacial sandy loam. 
'i Heavy black clay loam. 
! Clay loam. 
Do. 
Do. 
I Chocolate clay loam. 
Sandy clay loam. 
j Silty clay loam. 
Sandy loam. 
I Loess. 
Medium sandy loam with some gravel. 
Dark clay loam. 
I Glacial clay loam. 
', Glacial sandy loam, stony portion of ■ 
old moraine. 
! Clav (gumbo), shale subsoil. 
Do. 
: Morton clay loam. 
; Sandy loam to clay loam. 
Fine sandy loam. * 
1 Light sandy loam, shale subsoil. 
Black clay loam. 
Sandy loam. 
Light sandy loam to heavy loam. 
10 Dark loam. 
10 Black clay loam. 
Red loam. 
Loam. 
Sandv loam. 
Do. 
Clay loam. 
Sandy clay loam. 
Silt loam to fine sandy loam. 
Silt loam. 
Fine sandy silt loam. 
Sandy loam. 
1 Climate very similar to Rosslyn, Va., 10 miles southwest. 
2 Observations male at Pokegama Falls, Minn., 7 miles northwest. 
3 Observations made at Moorhead, Minn,, opposite Fargo. 
* Observations made at Cheyenne, Wyo., 9 miles west. 
5 Observations made at Lusk, Wyo., 14 miles east. 
6 Observations made at Berlin, IN . Dak., 12 miles east. 
7 Observations made at Woodbridge, N. Dak., 24 miles northwest. 
