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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 1201 Identification: J.V.Li.?J.?57 Admitted Extract From U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau, Bulletin No. 36, A First Report on the Relations Between Climates and Crops (1905). (pp. 112-14) Transpiration The amounts transpired by cereals, grasses, weeds, etc., are considerably larger than the preceding, as shown by the following table compiled from Wollny's results: Water consumption Beginning of End of ______per acre______ Plant Year vegetation vegetation Pounds Inches Winter rye.......... 1879 Apr. 20 Aug. 3 2,590,000 10 Barley.................. 1879 ......do............do.... 2,720,000 11 Peas..................... 1879 ......do............do.... 3,140,000 12 Red clover.......... 1879 ......do...... Oct. 1 3,070,000 12 Summer rye....... 1880 ......do...... Aug. 14 3,000,000 12 Oats..................... 1880 ......do...... Sept. 14 3,420,000 14 Beans................... 1880 ......do...... Sept. 10 3,140,000 12 Red clover.......... 1880 ......do...... Oct. 1 4,110,000 16 The following table is given by Risler (1873) in his "Note on the diminution of the volume of water courses," |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |