. Productive soils; the fundamentals of successful soil management and profitable crop production. Soils. FiQ 37—One hundred fifty-two barrels of water are required to produce one bushel of corn The corn uses this amount of water Water is an important factor in crop production plants for each bushel of oats produced. The same amount is required per bushel of barley. In a similar manner about 3800 barrels are required to grow a ton of clover hay, and about 4200 barrels to produce a ton of alfalfa hay. "Water Requirement" of Plants.—The expression ''water requirement^' of a plant refer
. Productive soils; the fundamentals of successful soil management and profitable crop production. Soils. FiQ 37—One hundred fifty-two barrels of water are required to produce one bushel of corn The corn uses this amount of water Water is an important factor in crop production plants for each bushel of oats produced. The same amount is required per bushel of barley. In a similar manner about 3800 barrels are required to grow a ton of clover hay, and about 4200 barrels to produce a ton of alfalfa hay. "Water Requirement" of Plants.—The expression ''water requirement^' of a plant refers to its needs and means the amount of water that passes up through it and evaporates for every pound of dry matter produced Plants differ in their water require- ments, and, for the same plant, climate influences this require- ment considerably. In this country scientists have found the water requirement of some crops to be as shown in the following table:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weir, Wilbert Walter, 1882-. Philadelphia London, J. B. Lippincott company
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