220 NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF SOILS 



moisture. The following figures  are representative of the 

 data available regarding these points : 



Table XLIV 



MOISTURE CONTENT OF BARE IRRIGATED AND DRY-LAND PLOTS, 



TREATED IN VARIOUS WAYS, EXPRESSED IN TOTAL INCHES OP 



WATER IN UPPER 6 FEET OF SOIL. GARDEN CITY, 



KANSAS, 1914. 



Table XLV 



EFFECTS OF VARIOUS METHODS OF TILLAGE ON THE YIELD OF CORN 



AND THE AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF MOISTURE IN THE SOIL 



TO A DEPTH OF 40 INCHES. AVERAGE OF 8 YEARS ' 



TEST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 2 



MEAN RAINFALL, 33.7 INCHES. 



1 Call, L. E., and Sewell, M. C, The Soil Mulch; Jour. Amer. Soc. 

 Agron., Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 49-61, Feb., 1917. 



a Mosier, J. G., and Gustafson, A. F., Soil Moisture and Tillage for 

 Corn; 111. Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 181, Apr., 1915. 



