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of water taken into the field. The waste could only be estimated. 
There was at times considerable which passed on through the field 
to the east. 
The measurement was begun in 1891, but the instrument then 
used not proving reliable, the reductions have not been used. 
The areas of the different plats and the crops in 1892 and pre¬ 
ceding years, were as follows. 
A—15.75 acres, alfalfa, 1891-2 ; wheat, 1890. 
B—20.2 acres, alfalfa, 1892 ; wheat, 1891; corn, 1890. 
C—38,5 acres wheat, 1892 ; clover, 1891. 
D—14.3 acres, clover, 1892 ; clover, 1891, preceded by wheat. 
E—13.5 acres, alfalfa, 1891-2. 
F—17.4 acres, oats, 1892 ; alfalfa, 1890-1. 
G—34.0 acres, wheat, 1892 ; preceded by alfalfa for about 7 years. 
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The amounts of water used varies according, to the height of 
water in the main canal. That used for garden purposes was not 
counted in the summation, nor when there was a small amount of 
water running in the ditch, but too small for irrigation purposes. 
Fig. 2 shows the quantity of water entering the field by days, 
as measured at the weir. The black portion is the water applied 
so tta*: 
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Fig. 2 .-— Amount of Water Applied by Days, 1892, to 154 Acres, Mixed Crops. 
artificall}^, the light portion represent the number of acre-feet equiva¬ 
lent to the rainfall over the whole 154 acres on the corresponding 
days. The rain gauge was at the house of Mr. McClelland, in the 
southeast corner of the field. 
As the water was turned on or off each separate piece the sheet 
was marked bv Mr. McClelland. From the records the follow- 
I. 
iug table shows the amount of water applied to each crop and the 
depths. Frequently the irrigation was suspended temporarily, either 
from lack of water or to supply the needs of another piece. 
