THE FARM AT INDIAN HEAD 409 
The annual rainfall shown in the second column 
does not include the water which fell in the form of 
snow. According to the records at hand, the annual 
snow fall varied from 2.3 to 1.3 inches of water, which 
should be added to the rainfall given in the table. 
Fic. 110. View of Palouse wheat district, showing rolling nature of 
country. 
Even with this addition the rainfall shows the dis- 
trict to be of a distinctly semiarid character. It will 
be observed that the precipitation varied from 3.9 
to 20.22 inches, and that during the early ’90’s several 
rather dry years occurred. In spite-of this large 
variation good crops have been obtained during the 
whole period of nineteen years. Not one failure is 
recorded. The lowest yield of 17 bushels per acre 
