Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888 [PAGE 232]

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MOISTUEE OF SOILS.

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TABLE 8—Loss of Water

No. Weight of soil. Weight of dry soil. Per cent. water in soil.

by Air

Drying.

Amount lost from three-quarters sq. ft. surface. Two days. Three days. Four days. Five days, oz. 6 6 5.5 7 6 8.5 5.5 8 9 8.5 8.5 8 4 6 4 6.5 6.69 8.4 oz. 6.5 7 6 6.5 10 6 9.5 9.5 9 9 8.5 4.5 6.5 4.5 7 7.34 9.2 oz. 7.5 8 7 9 7.5 11 6.5 1 10.5 10.5 10 10 8.5 4.5 7 5 8 8.16 10.2 oz. 7.5 8 7 9.5 7.5. 11.5 11.5 10.5 10 10.5 9 5 7.5 5 8.5 8.46 10.6

1 1' 2 2' 3 3' 4 4' 5 5' 6 6' 7 7' 8 8' Aversige

oz. 88 90.5 93 111.5 84.5 95 71.5 91.5 104.5 97 115.5 98 76.5 78 69.5 77

oz. 78 80 83 99.5 75 80.5 64 77.5 91.5 85 102 87.5 70.5 69 64 67.5 79.7

12.8 13.1 12.0 12.6 12.7 18.0 11.7 18.0 14.2 14.1 13.2 12.0 8.5 13.0 8.6 14.0 14.3

7.5

6.5

Average per cent, oiI loss