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Title: Weekly station reports..
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry. Division of Dry Land Agriculture United States. Office of Dry-Land Agriculture United States. Office of Dry-Land Agriculture Investigations
Subjects: Agricultural experiment stations, West (U.S.), Periodicals Arid regions, West (U.S.), Periodicals
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Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ing rapidly sothat a great deal of w&rk will be necessary to keep the crops clean. Butlew fields of winter wheat were seen that will be worth harvesting. Tfendan: The rainfall of .82 on the fifth relieved the drouth conditions tempor-arily, at least. All grain arops arc making a good growth. The summertallow rotation plats have all seen plowed, and some breaking done. Thebalance of the poplar and willow cuttings have been planted. Also theWider and green a-h reed. The elm seed has been gathered and will beplanted the first of the week, Mr. Stephens 3eft on the night of the 7thfor Sheridan, and tor. 3*rvis for Ardmore. Maximum temperature, 75, min-imum 37, precipitation i,03!. J North Plat fee: The week has had the greatest amount of sunshine and conditions for growthof all crops has been the best of an-, week for some time. Corn is practi-cally all up and stands are quite good. A heavy rain fell Monday nigShut only one day of field work was missed. Max, temp. 83, min, 35, pre..85*
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-4- Sheridan: The past week with its ,G3;; of rain and two hail storms has not favoredrapid crop growth, although all the moisture that fell was saved. The hailstorms did no serious damage cut they beat small grains into the ground,and broke off a goou deal of cor i that was just coming up. We have beenable to do but very lit/tie fieic work, A team has been plowing the light-est summer tilled land that we ha^e, the heaviest soil which is on the rot-ation field still being too vet. The corn JVhich came up on the 30th isbeing cultivated to day. All of the alleys have been cleaned out by beingcultivated, and a start has been ma.de on grading roads on the plats* Pot-atoes, sudan grass, sorghums and millet which were planted between May 15and 20 are just coming up. There are very few plats of any of the cropsgrown on the station where a poor stand was obtained, with the exception ofwinter wheat. Messrs. Sarvis, Dillman and Stephens visited the station on the 4th, thetwo former leaving the

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