Use of irrigation water on farm crops / A.E. Palmer. : A12-8/10-1939E-PDF
"In this bulletin are reported the results of experiments with the irrigation of wheat, alfalfa, potatoes, sugar beets, and sunflowers, conducted at the Dominion Experimental Station, Lethbridge. The experiments cover a period of from two to seventeen years. ... These experiments indicate that, including the available water in the soil at the beginning of the season, wheat requires from 1-50 to 1-75 acre-feet of water, alfalfa 1-75 to 2-25 acre-feet and potatoes about 1-50 acre-feet to produce good crops"--p. 44-45.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Agriculture. Canada. Experimental Farms Service. |
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| Title | Use of irrigation water on farm crops / A.E. Palmer. |
| Series title | Farmers' bulletin ; 10 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. "Issued December 1939." Originally published: 1936. Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Includes bibliographical references: p. 46-48. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Department of Agriculture : Division of Field Husbandry, Experimental Farms Service, 1939. |
| Author / Contributor | Palmer, A. E. |
| Description | 48 p. : ill. |
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| Departmental catalogue number | Publication 509 |
| Edition | Rev. |
| Subject terms | Irrigation |