52 BULLETIN 1340, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE 
Table 12. — Use of water on crops in the Great Basin, etc. — Continued 
Location 
Crop 
Area 
irri- 
gated 
Number 
of 
irriga- 
tions 
Quantity of water received 
by crop 
Yield 
Irriga- 
tion 
Rainfall 
Total 
per 
acre 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1905 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1906 
1918 
1919 
1919 
Lovelock Valley 
do 
Carson Valley 
do 
Clover Valley 
Lovelock Valley 
Mason Valley 
Clover Valley 
do 
Carson Valley 
Nevada Agr. Exp. 
Sta. Truckee 
do 
Lovelock Valley 
do 
do 
do 
Eeno Valley 
do 
do.. 
Wheat 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
Alfalfa.... 
...do 
—do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
_..do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
80 
80 
80 
80 
21 
160 
458 
12 
21 
30 
1 
1 
80 
160 
50 
140 
.15 
.15 
.15 
Acres 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
4 
2 
3 
7 
6 
2 
2 
2 
2 
9 
9 
9 
Feet 
2.76 
3.04 
1.07 
1.25 
.93 
3.54 
2.64 
5.73 
.77 
1.73 
2.75 
3.34 
3.26 
2.95 
4.00 
3.75 
3.80 
5.62 
1.92 
Feet 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.20 
.20 
.20 
Feet 
3.06 
3.34 
1.37 
1.55 
1.23 
3.84 
2.94 
6.03 
1.07 
2.03 
3.05 
3.64 
3.56 
3.25 
4.30 
4.05 
4.00 
5.82 
2.12 
Bushels 
33 
33 
21 
23 
29 
Tons 
4.5 
3.5 
2.83 
1.57 
4.50 
7.35 
7.37 
6.43 
5 
5 
5 
5.49 
5.99 
4.45 
Note: The soils of the river valleys of Nevada are generally composed of silt and sand with a subsoil of 
sand. They are spotted with clay and hardpan and irrigated very unevenly. Soil for Humboldt Basin is 
river bottom silt underlain with sand. Carso n and Truckee Valleys have a sandy loam top soil and a sandy 
subsoil. 
Table 13. — Use of water on crops in the Great Basin, irrigation water applied, 
rainfall, and crop yields in Nevada 
OATS, TRUCKEE VALLEY 
Year 
Area 
irrigated 
Number 
of irriga- 
tions 
Quantity of water received 
by crop 
Yield 
Irrigation 
Rainfall 
Total 
per acre 
1904 
Acres 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
3 
3 
4 
4 
3 
10 
7 
4 
4 
Feet 
1.79 
1.37 
2.87 
1.72 
1.91 
2.15 
2.13 
1.32 
1.43 
Feet 
.13 
.13 
.18 
.18 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
.30 
Feet 
1.92 
1.50 
3.05 
1.90 
2.21 
2.45 
2.43 
1.62 
1.73 
Bushels 
48.5 
1904 
64 
1905 
1905. . 
76 
74 
1906 
81 
1906 
68 
1906 
122 
1906 
124 
1906..- 
100 
BARLEY, DANGBERG RANCH, CARSON VALLEY 
1908 
1.38 
92. 
55. 
3 
3 
3 
2.88 
61. 
1908 
2. 68 
84.5 
1908 
2. 48 . 
78.6 
ALFALFA, LAMOILLE 
1917 
61. 
50.08 
81.8 
10 
3 
6 
7.94 
3.87 
3.85 
Tons 
2.25 
1917 . 
.97 
1917 
2.53 
