WSP00118

• File Number: 8449.921
• Description: Lower Platte Tri-County Project Water Demand & Power Studies
• State: NE
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 1/1/1923
• Author: Univer. Of Nebraska
• Title: Report of Certain Investigations on the Central Nebraska Supplemental Irrigation Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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shortage of rain during this period. Unless the' soil be well filled with
moisture to tide over dry spells the small grain yields are apt to
be materially reduced, especially. if such dry periods follow a winter
that has been unusually open and dry.

2. May 15 to July 1. nliring this period brisk winds, which' tend
to increase the rate of evaporation, are frequent. Occasionally high
temperatures prevail during the latter part of May or,in. June. These...
are apt to cause the small grain to fire and to fill very poorly, unless
the soil contains moisture sufficient to carry the crop. thro such
droughts. . It is during this period that oats and other small grains

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