July i6, 1917 Movement and Distribution of Moisture in Soil 



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Under Dry- Farming 



The mulch experiments at the Nephi Substation were made as follows : 

 A duplicate series of one-tenth-acre plots was selected, each series in- 

 cluding 12 different treatments. These two series of plots, which had 

 previously been in wheat, were treated as shown in .Table I. 



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Fio. 9. — Diagram showing the effect of mulches under irrigation on the distribution of soil moisture to a 



depth of 10 feet. 



Table I. — Treatment of duplicate series of one-tenth-acre plots^ previpxisly in wheat at 



Nephi Substation 



