AMOUNT OF CAPILLARY MOVEMENT. 



The amount of capillary movement which took place in each 

 cylinder will be indicated by the amounts of solution and of 

 distilled water which were added in each case, and these are 

 given in the next table. 



Amounts of solution and of distilled water added ti each soil. 



The amount of solution which passed into the soil of each 

 cylinder is thus something more than two liters. In the Janes- 

 ville and Lancaster soils to which distilled water was added 

 Jhere was applied as much more; but the other four soils re- 

 ceived less. 



It must be understood, in considering! the results obtained, 

 that the conditions of the experiment were such that the lower 

 section of each soil column had practically been washed with 

 a salt solution, while the upper section in each case had had 

 a salt solution added to it by capillarity, the solution rising into 

 it from the layers below. In addition to this, the bottom layer 

 of the second cylinder of each pair, had been washed with a 

 certain amount of distilled water passing upward through it 



DURATION OF CAPILLARY MOVEMENT. 



The Norfolk Sandy Soil and Selma Silt Loam, which re- 

 ceived only the salt solution, were under the conditions of cap- 

 illary movement during 20 days; while the cylinders 1 receiving 

 the distilled water were under these conditions 51 days. 



The Norfolk Sand and Sassafras Sandy Loam were under 

 the conditions of capillary movement during 19 days, where 

 no distilled water was added, and during 50 days where it was 



