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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont'd) <br /> <br />1. Soil Moisture Measurement. . . . <br />2. Stage-of-Growth/Water Consumption <br />3. Climatic Interactions. . . . . . <br /> <br />. . . . . . . <br /> <br />Relationships <br /> <br />B. Water Measurement/Metering/Automation <br /> <br />C. Pump and Well System Efficiencies <br /> <br />O. Water Application Decisions. . . <br /> <br />Cultural Practices, Cropping Systems and Soil-Plant-Moisture <br />Relationships. . . . . . . <br /> <br />A. Crop/Cultivar Selection. . . . . . . . <br /> <br />1. Relative Water use for Typical High Plains Crops <br /> <br />a) Corn ........ <br />b) <br />c) <br />d) <br />e) <br />f) <br />g) <br />h) <br /> <br />. . . . <br /> <br />Grain Sorghum. . . . . . . . <br />Wheat and Other Small Grains <br /> <br />Cotton .......... <br />Soybeans . . . . . . . . . <br />Alfalfa, Pasture, Hay Crops <br />Forage/Silage Crops . . . . <br />Speciality Crops ..... <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />2. Typical Crop Rotation/Cropping System Practices <br /> <br />B. Water Use/Fertilization Relationships <br /> <br />C. Land Treatment/Preparation Practices <br /> <br />D. Tillage Practices. . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />1. Residue Management/Trashy Tillage <br />2. No-Till/Limited Till Methods .. <br />3. Basin Tillage. . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />E. Soil-Plant-Moisture Relationship Modifications <br /> <br />Runoff and Deep Percolation Reductions and Irrigation <br />Systems Operations ....... <br /> <br />A. Conveyance System Operations <br /> <br />B. Application System Operations <br /> <br />1. Surface-Gravity Methods . <br /> <br />iv <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br />Page I <br />47 I <br />48 <br />49 <br />51 I <br />52 <br />53 I <br />55 I <br />56 <br />56 I <br />56 <br />57 I <br />57 <br />58 <br />60 I <br />60 <br />61 <br />61 <br />61 I <br />62 I <br />63 <br />65 I <br />66 <br />66 I <br />67 <br />67 <br /> I <br />69 <br />70 I <br />71 <br />71 I <br /> I <br /> I <br />