RANGE AND CATTLE MANAGEMENT DURING DROUGHT. 



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Table 2. — Average annual and seasonal {July, August, and September) pre- 

 oipitation for two stations {El Paso^ Tex., and State College, N. Mex.), and 

 departures from normal. 



Year. 



Annual 

 rain- 

 fall.' 



Depar- 

 ture 

 from 



aver- 

 age. 2 



Sea- 

 sonal 

 rain- 

 fall.i 



Depar- 

 ture 

 from 

 aver- 

 age.2 



Year. 



Annual 

 rai-n- 

 fall.i 



Depar- 

 ture 

 from 

 aver- 

 ages 



Sea- 

 sonal 

 rain- 

 fall. 1 



Depar- 

 ture 

 from 

 aver- 

 age.2 



1886 



Inches. 

 9.50 

 7.09 

 8.94 

 7.08 

 3 8.49 

 3 2.22 

 5.92 

 10.80 

 4.36 

 9.83 

 8.89 

 10.68 

 8.68 

 8.48 

 8.17 

 10.32 

 10.52 

 10.96 



Inches. 

 0.48 

 1.93 



.08 

 1.94 



.53 

 6.80 

 3.10 

 1.78 

 4.66 



.81 



Inches. 

 4.60 

 4.34 



5.91 

 3.87 



5.41 



3.42 

 1.73 



7.97 

 2.65 



5.47 



Inches. 



0.34 



.60 



.97 



1.07 



.47 



4.52 



3.21 



3.03 



2.29 



.53 



.19 



1.93 



.29 



.83 



.34 



1.42 



3.62 



.73 



1904 



Inches. 

 10.71 

 17.44 

 11.89 

 7.41 

 6.45 

 4.63 

 4.02 

 8.34 

 9.67 

 9.41 

 14.43 

 8.81 

 7.97 

 6.03 

 7.72 

 8.96 



Inched. 



1.69 



8.42 



2.87 



1.61 



2.57 



4.39 



5.00 



.68 



.65 



.39 



5.41 



.21 



1.05 



2.99 



1.30 



Inches. 

 6.47 

 5.88 

 5.13 

 3.57 

 3.98 

 2.73 

 2.40 

 3.78 

 5.96 

 3.28 

 5.90 

 5.58 

 3.34 

 5.23 

 2.95 



Inches. 

 1.53 



1887 



1905 



.94 



1888 



1906 



.19 



1889 



1907 



1.37 



1890 . . . 



1908 



.96 



1891 



1909 



2.21 



1892 



1910 



2.54 



1893 



1911 



1.16 



1894 



1912 



1.02 



1895 



1913 



1.66 



1896 



.13 i 4.75 



1.66 1 6.87 

 .34 4.65 

 .54 1 5.87 

 .85 4.60 

 1.30 3.52 

 1.50 ! 8.56 

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1914 



.96 



1897 



1915 



.64 



1898 



1916 



1.60 



1899 



1917 



.29 



1900 



1918 



1.99 



1901 



1919 



.06 i 5.04 



.10 





Average. 





1903 



9.02 





4.94 















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Fig. 3. — Annual and seasonal precipitation in southern New Mexico. 



Owing to local variation in precipitation, figure 2, based upon 

 records of two stations, represents only the general characteristics 

 of southern New Mexico. Figure 3, based upon 24 years' (1895 to 

 1919, inclusive) records from seven stations (Table 3), although for 

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» Data from Reports of U. S. Weather Bureau and Bulletin No. 113, New Mexico College 

 of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Climate in Relation to Crop Adaptation in New Mexico, 

 by Charles B. Linney and Fabian Garcia, 1918. ' 



