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BULLETIN 1340, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE 
Tabus 11. — Use of water on crops in the Great Basin, irrigation water applied, 
rainfall, and crop yields in Nevada 
[From Nev. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 96 and 0. E. S. Bui. 104] 
SUGAR BEETS, NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FARM, RENO 
Year 
Area 
irrigated 
Number 
of irriga- 
tions 
Quantity of water received by 
crop 
Yield 
Irrigation 
Rainfall 
Total 
per acre 
1914-15 
Acres 
0.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.03 
7 
5 
4 
5 
4 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
2 
1 
Feet 
1.08 
1.50 
2 
.83 
1.16 
1.50 
.50 
.83 
1 
.33 
.50 
.50 
Feet 
Feet 
Tons 
9. 58 
1914-15... 
11. 31 
1914-15 
10.70 
1914-15 
9.64 
1914-15 
9 67 
1914-15 
11. 43 
1914-15 . 
8 80 
1914-15 
9.40 
1914-15 
8. 57 
1914-15 
6 12 
1914-15 
7.38 
1914-15 
6.27 
POTATOES, RANCH NEAR RENO 
1900. 
5.5 
7.43 
67 
Bushels 
363 
POTATOES, NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FARM, RENO 
1906-11 
4.43 
1.87 
2.37 
3.18 
1.37 
1.64 
2.25 
.87 
1.12 
1.50 
.50 
.62 
.75 
1 
127 
1914-17 
0.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
.01 
8 
5 
5 
6 
4 
3 
4 
3 
2 
2 
2 
1 
.. 
255 
1914-17 
176 
1914-17 

223 
1914-17 
.... 
266 
1914-17 
159 
1914-17 
I 
153 
1914-17. 
161 
1914-17 
164 
1914-17. 
129 
1914-17.. 
1 
97 
1914-17 
• 
92 
1914-17 
59 
1 
OATS, NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FARM, RENO 
1911. 
WHEAT, RANCH NEAR RENO 
1900. 
11 14.24 
49 
WHEAT, NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FARM, RENO 
1914-18 
08 
08 
08 
08 
08 
08 
08 
08 
08 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1.25 
1.50 
1.25 
1.50 
1.75 
1.50 
1.75 
2 
26.5 
1914-18... 
25.7 
1914-18 
25.8 
1914-18 
23.5 
1914-18 
29. 1 
1914-18. 
26 
1914-18. 
25.1 
1914-18. 
25.3 
1914-18 
26.4 
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ALFALFA, RANCH NEAR RENO 
1900. 
Acres 
100 
8 6. 55 
0.67 
7.22 
Tons 
4.5 
