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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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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Agriculture.
  • Canada. Experimental Farms Service.
TitleUse of irrigation water on farm crops / A.E. Palmer.
Series title
  • Farmers' bulletin ; 10
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
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.
Description48 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • A12-8/10-1939E-PDF
Departmental catalogue numberPublication 509
Edition
  • Rev.
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