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BULLETIN 1175, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 2.-Daily and monthly precipitation at the Woodward Field Station durin a tho 
8-year period from 1914 to 1921, inclusive-Continued 9 
=trace. Data (in inches) furnished by the .O.hee^of Biophysical Investigations, Bureau of Plant 
Year and date. 
Jan, 
1920— Continued. 
22 
'23 
21 
25 ' 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
Total. 
Feb. 
1921: 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5.. 
. 6.. 
7.. 
8.. 
9.. 
10.. 
11.. 
12.. 
13.. 
14.. 
1.5.. 
16.. 
17.. 
18.. 
19.. 
20.. 
21.. 
22.. 
23.. 
24.. 
25.. 
26.. 
27.. 
.28... 
29... 
30... 
31... 
1.03 
Mar. 
Apr. 
0.27 
.20 
0.01 
.25 
.til 
May 
June 
0.41 
.49 
.01 
3.40 
T 
...J .08 
.62 
1.37 
.76 
Total. 
2.22 
.28 
T" 
.13 
'.'03 
Voi' 
July 
0.03 
T 
1.33 
.0! 
.53 
T 
Voi 
.78 
.05 
T 
45 
.52 
.51 
.96 
.97 
.01 
.07 
1.22 
.01 
.26 
.18 
.01 
Aug. 
0.24 
T 
Sept 
Oct. 
0.07 
. 63 
3.00 
1.80 
Voi'::: 
.62' 
.50 
.22 
".'74 
2.45 
1.49 
.21 
T 
T 
.08 
.31 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Annual. 
0.15 
T 
T 
.25 
.01 
5.01 
2. .-,:, 
1.32 
1.91 5.78 12.50 5.11 
.03 
.0] 
.04 
.02 
T" 
.03 
.02 
T 
25.56 
.ni 
T 
.01 
24.32 
rWr^Jf T? ,° f the ? gh \ years these experiments have been con- 
n n,^l vf a - n ^" f ml * easo ™} Precipitation has been sufficient 
L P ™Int£l g 7 ff ° f gram sor g hums - During some of the years 
V,il " u y rai " fa11 app - ea f t0 have been sufficient to warrant 
tngh yields yet in practically every year a droughty period has 
occurred which caused a reduction of the yields of some varieties 
It is because of dry periods occurring in months which show suffi- 
JW 1 to produce good yields that Table 2 is indispensable 
m presenting actual conditions. 
LOCAL VARIATION IN PRECIPITATION 
l i l V? of the summer rainfall of this vicinitv comes in the form of 
IS » r^' Jt Tari ation in rainfall at two near-by points 
P,!, k ^ te TT m t T /¥ e 3 - This table shows the precipitation 
lecorded by the United States Weather Bureau observer at Wood- 
ward and that measured at the Woodward Field Station during six 
