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conditions. Records of consumptive use and meteorological data 

 for the summer months of 1921 to 1923, inclusive, are shown in 

 Table 30. 



TABLE 30 



CONSUMPTIVE USE OF WATER BY TULES IN TANKS, AND METEOROLOGICAL 

 DATA AT MUD LAKE, IDAHO, 1921-23 (29) 



Meteorological data 



1/ June 13 to 30. 



2/ September 1 to 23- 



3/ June 12 to 30, 



4/ Uncertain. 



The second year of record shows the highest seasonal use 

 of water. This seems reasonable, as during the first year the 

 plants were becoming reestablished after the shock of being trans- 

 planted; in the third year there was danger of loss of fertility 

 or of the roots becoming pot-bound. Seasonal consumptive use of 

 62.48 inches from June to September, inclusive, at Mud Lake agrees 



