MOVEMENTS OF SALTS IN SOILS. 



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After a period of TO days' duration, the soils were removed 

 from the cylinders in sections and the water-soluble salts de- 

 it- r mined for the different levels. 



The total amounts of water added to these different soils, un- 

 der the two conditions, are given in the next table : 



Amounts of water added by capillarity. 



The water used was drawn from the hydrant of the field labo- 

 ratory and its composition is given in, Bulletin "B," " Amounts 

 of Plant Food Readily Recoverable from Field Soils with Dis- 

 tilled Water/' p. 94, No. 13 of the table. 



The amounts of salts conveyed to these soils in the! water 

 added and the amounts which were present in. the soil when the 

 cylinders were filled are given in the next table: 



