THE FARM AT INDIAN HEAD 



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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. 



Fig. 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 



