Studies in Prairie and Woodland g 



foot was 15.7 per cent, on June 19 and the minimum at the same 

 level was 9.8 per cent, on April 2. The percentages of available 



TABLE I 



Showing the Per Cent, of Available Soil Moisture in the Prairie and 



Woodland Stations at Various Depths During the Season 



of 1917, at Lincoln 



Wilting Coef. 

 Station 



Depth 



April 2 



May 5 



June 19 



July 9 



July 16 



July 23 



July 30 



August 6 . . . . 

 August 13 . . . 

 August 28 . . . 



16.6 



14.5 12.6 



4-3 



9.4 



4.9 



-1.9 



-1-7 



-3-1 



-5-3 



1.6 



7.0 



2.1 



19.1 



13-9 



11.4 



7-7 



7-9 



2.5 



-0.4 



16.9 



19-5 



7-1 



1-2 ft. 



2-3 ft. 



3-4 ft. 



4-3 



6.7 



10.8 

 2.0 

 0.7 



-1-7 

 -2.4 



-1-3 

 0.5 

 1-7 



10.3 

 14.9 



7-3 



10.9 



0.8 



-1-3 

 1.2 

 5-0 

 5-0 

 3.6 



-2.6 

 2.2 



-4.0 

 -2.0 

 -3-2 



-2.1 



— I.O 



7-7 

 2.5 



-0.8 



— 1.2 

 iS-i 



3-6 



-1.6 

 •1.4 

 8.4 



-1.3 II 



4.9 

 0.6 



-2.9 

 6.1 



4-5 3-9 



TABLE 2 



Showing the Total Water Content of the Soil in the Prairie and 

 Woodland Stations at Various Depths in 1917, at Lincoln 



soil moisture for the prairie and woodland sites at all depths are 

 shown in table i. The total water contents are shown in table 2. 



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