WATER LOSSES FROM WET AREAS 



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TABLE 16— Continued 



RECORD OF WEEKLY USE OF WATER BY BERMUDA GRASS IN TANKS AT SAN BERNAR- 

 DINO, CALIFORNIA, MAY, 1929, TO SEPTEMBER, 1930' 



Week ending 



1930- 



Jan. 7 

 Jan. 14 

 Jan. 21 

 Jan. 28 

 Feb. 4 

 Feb. 11 

 Feb. 18 

 Feb. 25 

 Mar. 4 

 Mar. 11 

 Mar. 18 

 Mar. 25 

 April 1 

 April 8 

 April 15 

 April 22 

 .\pril29 

 Mav 6 

 Mav 13 

 May 20 

 May 27 

 June 3 

 June 10 

 June 17 

 June 24 

 July 1 

 July 8 

 Julv 15 

 July 22 

 July 29 

 Aug. 5 

 Aug. 12 

 Aug. 19 

 Aug. 26 

 Sept. 2 

 Sept. 9 

 Sept. 16 

 Sept. 23 

 Sept. 30 



Use of water by Bermuda grass, in acre-inches per acre 



Fixed water table three feet 

 below ground surface 



Tank No. 1 Tank No. 2 



.105 

 .139 

 .202 

 .160 

 .044 

 .063 

 .138 

 .265 

 .298 

 .373 

 .285 

 .180 

 .213 

 .211 

 .466 

 .571 

 .774 

 .287 

 .362 

 .448 

 .648 

 .741 

 1.258 

 .625 

 .953 

 1.256 

 1.186 

 .816 

 1.452 

 1.217 

 .573 

 .689 

 .974 

 .994 

 .890 

 .678 

 .783 

 .468 

 .403 



.222 

 .188 

 .190 

 .148 

 .180 

 .074 

 .222 

 .232 

 .264 

 .264 

 .106 

 .105 

 .329 

 .201 

 .159 

 .688 

 .624 

 .370 

 .370 

 .338 

 .830 

 .870 

 .965 

 .955 

 .995 

 1.312 

 1.334 

 1.441 

 1.558 

 1.112 



1.483 

 .858 



1.007 

 .531 

 .890 



Mean 



.169 

 .163 

 .186 

 .154 

 .112 

 .068 

 .180 

 .249 

 .281 

 .318 

 .196 

 .143 

 .271 

 .206 

 .312 

 .630 

 .699 

 .329 

 .366 

 .393 

 .739 

 .806 

 1.112 

 .790 

 .974 

 1,284 

 1.260 

 1.129 

 1.505 

 1.165 



1.187 



.768 

 .895 

 .500 

 .647 



Fixed water table two feet 

 below ground surface 



Tank No. 3 Tank No. 4 



.148 



.190 



.127 



.010 



.064 



.147 



.212 



.276 



.181 



.201 



.074 



.116 



.614 



.561 



.657 



1 039 



.785 



.296 



.255 



.627 



1.058 



1.167 



1 345 



1.175 



1.219 



1.515 



1.399 



1.633 



1.578 



1.496 



1.409 



1.093 



1.146 



1.473 



1.249 



1.145 



.775 



.753 



.498 



.179 



.116 



.106 



.032 



.042 



.106 



.125 



.297 



.233 



.265 



.191 



.222 



!l91 



.223 



.381 



.901 



.773 



.626 



.317 



.339 



.794 



.933 



1.271 



1.208 



1.166 



1.484 



1.271 



1.398 



1 452 



1.346 



1.071 



1.123 



.933 



1.408 



1.167 



.985 



.826 



.561 



.689 



Mean 



.164 



.153 



.117 



.021 



.053 



.126 



.168 



.287 



.212 



.233 



.132 



.169 



.402 



.392 



.519 



.970 



.779 



.461 



.286 



.483 



.926 



1.050 



1.308 



1.192 



1.193 



1.500 



1.335 



1.516 



1.515 



1.421 



1.240 



1.108 



1.040 



1.441 



1.208 



1.065 



.801 



.657 



.594 



' All tanks covered during rains. Tanks contain undisturbed soil. 



