CAPILLARY MOISTURE IN SOIL 

 Table XIX 



145 



Class 



1. Coarse sand 



2. Medium sandy loam 



3. Fine sandy loam. . . 



4. Silt 



5. Silt loam 



6. Clay loam 



7. Clay 



Per cent of clay 



4.8 

 7.3 

 12.6 

 10.6 

 17.7 

 26.6 

 59.8 



Per cent of 

 moisture retained 



against force 



2,940 times that 



of gravity 



4.6 

 7.0 

 11.8 

 12.9 

 26.9 

 32.4 

 46.5 



RELATION TEXTURE TO CAPUU'RY 



WATER CAPACITY 



4 

 CLAY 



Fig. 44. Showing the mechanical composition of the soils whose relative 

 capillary water capacity is given in Table XIX. 



No. 1. Coarse Sand. 

 No. 2. Medium Sandy Loam. 

 No. 3. Fine Sandy Loam. 

 No. 4. Silt. 



No. 5. Silt Loam. 

 No. 6. Clay Loam. 

 No. 7. Clay 



