WORK OF THE SCOTTSBLUPF EXPERIMENT FARM IN 1912. 



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Table I. — Summary of climatological observations <it the Scottsoluff Experiment 



Farm in 1911 and 1912 — Continued. 



Evaporation (Inches). 



Daily Wind Velocity (Miles per Hour). 



1911, mean 



1912, mean 



1911, maximum. 



1912, maximum. 



1911, minimum. 



1912, minimum. 



Monthly Temperature (Degrees Fahrenheit). 



1911, mean 



1912, mean 



1911, maximum 



1912, maximum 



1911, minimum 



1912, minimum 



Killing Frosts. 



CONDITIONS ON THE PROJECT. 



The land irrigated under the North Platte Reclamation Project 

 includes only a part of the irrigated' land along the North Platte 

 River in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming. Certain private 

 irrigation companies are providing water for land on both sides 

 of the river, and some lands have been irrigated for many years. 

 Table II gives statistics on crop acreages and yields, which apply 

 only to land under the reclamation project, and not to the older lands. 

 The data for this table have been furnished by the Reclamation 

 Service. 



In 1012 there were 827 irrigated farm units on the North Platte 

 Reclamation Project, having a total irrigable area of 67,080 acres. 

 Of this area, 50,250 acres were actually irrigated, and 47,251 acres 

 were in crops that were harvested. Table II shows the distribution 

 of this acreage among the various crops enumerated and the yields 

 and farm values of these crops. 



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