IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE GREAT BASIN 
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Table 13. — Use of water on crops in the Great Basin, etc. — Continued 
ALFALFA, DANGBERG RANCH, CARSON VALLEY 
Year 
Area 
irrigated 
Number 
of irri- 
gations 
Quantity of water received by 
crop 
Yield 
Irrigation 
Rainfall 
Total 
per acre 
1918. 
Acres 
81.32 
80.5 
102.6 
50. 
3 
4 
3 
5 
Feet 
5.87 
5.32 
3.40 
Feet 
Feet 
Tons 
6.33 
3.17 
2.92 
5.9 
1918 . 
1918 
1918 
4.96 
ALFALFA, LAND DEVELOPMENT RANCH NO. 3 
1919 
5. 
7. 
5. 
7. 
7. 
5. 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
1.72 
2.15 
1.96 
1.92 
1.91 
1.87 
4.20 
1919 
4.04 
1920 . 
4.96 
1920 
4.92 
1921 
4.49 
1921 _ 
4.48 
MEADOW, BATTLE MOUNTAIN 
1920 
3.6 
4.62 
3.6 
4.62 
2 
4.84 
2.54 
.62 
.14 
1.30 
1920 
1.80 
1921 -.- 
1. 
1921 
1.30 
Note. — The soils on which these experiments were carried out are of the river-laid type, a silty loam- 
surface layer with a sandy and gravelly subsoil. This top soil has numerous clay spots and these are rather 
hard to work. 
Table 14. — Use of water on crops in the Great Basin, irrigation icuter applied, 
rainfall, and crop yields 
[From reports of the Reclamation Service, United States Department of the Interior, Strawberry Valley, 
Utah] 
Year and crop 
Area 
irrigated 
Number 
of irri- 
gations 
Quantity of water received by 
crop 
Yield 
Irrigation 
Rainfall 
Total 
per acre 
1912 
Alfalfa 
Acres 
65.24 
15.62 
16.16 
22.71 
14.60 
6.09 
5.37 
8.11 
5.25 
2.14 
4.78 
5.19 
2.10 
4.71 
5.40 
6.31 
8.50 
6.84 
7.08 
5.28 
9.94 
8.94 
6.87 
6.14 
4.80 
4 
3 
3 
2 
2 
3 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
4 
3 
4 
4 
4 
3 
8 
Feet 
4.40 
2.28 
2.15 
.80 
1.00 
1.49 
1.62 
2.33 
1.35 
1.16 
2.59 
1.24 
1.38 
1.45 
.99 
1.94 
1.68 
1.55 
2.28 
1.06 
1.68 
1.93 
1.90 
1.25 
1.87 
Feet 
0.61 
.61 
.61 
.61 
.61 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.45 
.37 
.37 
.37 
.37 
.37 
Feet 
5.01 
2.89 
2.76 
1.41 
1.61 
1.94 
2.07 
2.78 
1.80 
1.61 
3.04 
1.69 
1.83 
1.90 
1.44 
2.39 
2.13 
2.00 
2.73 
LSI 
2.05 
2. 27 
i p: 
1. 7 4 
Tons 
2.93 
Do 
4.61 
Do 
4.01 
Do 
2.91 
Do 
5.75 
Wheat... ..... ... .. 
• 
Bushels 
32.8 
Do 
31 6 
Do . 
59. 2 
Do 
43 
Do . 
60. 7 
Oats . 
59.8 
Do 
75. 1 
Do .. 
66. 7 
Do 
60 
Do 
36 
Barley 
47.5 
Do 
85 
Do . 
102.7 
Do 
78.8 
Do 
65.9 
Tons 
16.2 
Do 
17.6 
Do 
14.9 
Do 
22 
Do 
18.3 
