me ay We 3 ee fect deep) was filled September 15th. 
a and for the bottom contained less than .04 per cent of water. 
Ss sand, 221. 5 pounds were put i in the bottom. Then 2023.75 
P Goiation must be added as pedis to help wet down the 
: dry mass. » 
- There was considerable delay in getting the graduated cylin- 
 drical- reservoirs properly made, and the first connection of the iy 
- apparatus to supply water to the bottom of the first lysimeter 
© No. 1) was made by Mr. Goff late in March, 1889. Inthemean- 
time this lysimeter had been saturated by the rainfall, and there 
had been considerable drainage therefrom. 
_ None of the others were saturated until after being connected. __ 
No. 2 was connected April 9, 1889. | i) 
No. 3 was connected April 14, 1889. 
_ No. 4 was connected April 11, 1889, but the cock was out of 
_ order until April 27, 1889. 
a The following tabulated: record shows the amount of water 
_ added at bottom and top of the three unsaturated lysimeters to 
completely wet them and start drainage. After being Wet down 
_ the soil in Nos. 3 and ¢ settled. They were filled to the surface 
_ mark by the addition of some of the same soil used in the original 
- filling. No. 3 received 75.34 pounds and No, 4 received 46.19 
pounds. 
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