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Table IV. — Water Requirements of Various Standard Crops. 



Crop. 



Location. 



Experimenter. 



Pounds "Water per 

 Pound Dry Matter. 



Max- 

 imum. 



Min- 

 imum. 



Mean.* 



Wheat. 



Oata. 



Barley. 



Corn. 



Rye.. 

 Peas. 



Potatoes. 



Alfalfa, 1 year . 

 Alfalfa, 2 years 



Clover, red . 



Sugar beets. 

 Rice 



Germany 



Germany 



Germany 



India 



Akron, Col 



England 



Logan, Utah 



Davis, Cal 



Bozeman, Mont . . 



Reno, Nev 



Germany 



Germany 



Germany 



India 



Wisconsin 



Akron, Col 



England 



Germany 



Germany 



Germany 



Germany 



India 



Wisconsin 



Akron, Col 



Germany 



India 



Wisconsin 



Akron, Col 



Germany 



Germany 



Akron, Col 



England 



Germany 



Germany 



India 



Wisconsin 



Akron, Col 



Germany 



Wisconsin 



Akron, Col 



Davis, Cal 



Sorauer 



Hellriegel 



Von Seelhorst 



Leather 



Briggs and Shantz . . . 



Lawes 



Widstoe 



Portier and Beckett. . 

 Fortier and Gieseker . 

 Fortier and Peterson . 



Wollny 



Sorauer 



Hellriegel 



Leather 



King 



Briggs and Shantz . . . 



Lawes 



Wollny 



Sorauer 



Hellriegel 



Von Seelhorst 



Leather 



King 



Briggs and Shantz . . 



Wollny 



Leather 



King 



Briggs and Shantz . . 



Hellriegel 



Von Seelhorst 



Briggs and Shantz . . . 



Lawes.. 



Wollny 



Hellriegel 



Leather 



King 



Briggs and Shantz . . 



Von Seelhorst 



King 



Briggs and Shantz . . 

 Fortier and Beckett. 



State College, N. M. 



Akron, Col 



England 



Germany 



Wisconsin 



Logan, Utah 



Akron, Col 



India 



Briggs and Shantz . 



Lawes 



Hellriegel 



King 



Widstoe 



Briggs and Shantz . . 

 Leather 



708 

 390 

 333 

 544 

 534 

 235 

 489 

 359 

 334 

 395 



464 



526 

 639 

 262 



366 

 454 



ioi 



544 



390 

 420 

 438 

 700 



353 



294 



1265 

 971 



363 

 564 



328 



468 



427 

 286 

 226 

 309 



339 



502 

 598 

 258 



263 

 295 



375 

 527 



305 

 319 

 315 

 343 



231 



268 



1005 

 522 



757 



297 

 398 



708 

 339 

 333 

 544 

 507 

 235 

 458 

 326 

 271 

 360 

 665 

 600 

 401 

 469 

 514 

 614 

 260 

 774 

 490 

 297 

 365 

 468 

 388 

 539 

 233 

 337 

 348 

 369 

 377 

 469 

 724 

 235 

 416 

 292 

 563 

 477 

 800 

 281 

 423 

 448 



1102 

 761 

 823 



1068 

 251 

 330 

 481 

 497 

 377 

 811 



* This column represents the average of all reliable and comparable tests. 



