IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE GREAT BASIN 
51 
Table 11. — Use of water on crops m the Great Basin, etc. — Continued 
ALFALFA, DANGBERG RANCH 
Year 
Area 
irrigated 
Number 
of irriga- 
tions 
Quantity of water received by 
crop 
Yield 
Irrigation 
Rainfall 
Total 
1907 
Acres 
81.3 
80.5 
102.7 
50 
6 
4 
3 
5 
Feet 
5.87 
5.32 
3.40 
4.96 
Feet 
Feet 
Tons 
6.3 
1907.. 
3.2 
1907. 
2.9 
1907 
5.8 
ALFALFA, NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FARM, RENO 
1910 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.15 
5.08 
3.05 
2.76 
2.61 
5.78 
3.58 
3.64 
2.66 
2.25 
2.17 
3.87 
3.87 
5.50 
5.40 
6.75 
3.50 
3.74 
4.50 
1.83 
2.66 
2.74 
7 5 
1910 
6.6 
1910. . 
5.9 
1910 
6.4 
1910 
6.6 
1910. . 
6 
1911 
5.2 
1911 
5.3 
1911. 
4.6 
1911 . 
4.3 
1911 
3.3 
1911 
3.2 
1915-18 
11 
7 
7 
7 
5 
5 
4 
4 
3 
6. 
1915-18 ... 
5.81 
1915-18 
6.18 
1915-18 
5.59 
1915-18 .. 
5.45 
1915-18 
5.43 
1915-18 
4.08 
1915-18 
4.42 
1915-18 
4.86 
CLOVER, NEVADA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION FARM, RENO 
1914 
0.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.06 
6 
3 
5 
4 
4 
3 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3.50 
4.75 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
4 45 
1914 
5. 52 
1914... 
6.97 
1914 
3.58 
1914. 
3 51 
1914 
4.08 
1914 
2.71 
1914.. 
3.16 
1914 
3.38 
Table 12. — Use of water on crops in the Great Basin, irrigation tvater applied, 
rainfall, and crop yields in Nevada 
[Cooperative experiments, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station] 
Year 
Location 
Crop 
Area 
irri- 
gated 
Number 
of 
irriga- 
tions 
Quantity of water received 
by crop 
Yield 
Irriga- 
tion 
Rainfall 
Total 
per 
acre 
1906 
Mason Valley 
Barley 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
Wheat 
...do 
...do 
...do 
Acres 
13 
10 
30 
80 
10 
4 
6 
9 
80 
4 
4 
3 
3 
3 
2 
4 
4 
2 
Feet 
1.04 
.91 
1.36 
1.44 
1.39 
1.31 
2.81 
2.45 
4.63 
Feet 
.80 
:30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
Feet 
1.34 
1.21 
1.66 
1.74 
1.69 
1.61 
3.11 
2.75 
4.83 
Bushels 
48 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
do 
Carson Valley. 
do.. 
Mason Valley 
do 
48 
60 
62 
41 
25 
1906 
1906 
1906 
do.. 
do.. 
Lovelock Valley 
35 
35 
Tons 
1.5 
