14. 



th» cprn oouid extract th« raoifittir® from the soil, it 

 appears that 10 % more moiaturo was availabl's> for t,h^ w«^de 

 than for th® corn. ThQ rapidity with xhich tha T?e@ds 

 oonsumad th© moisture is ahown ag foxlows t 



'oiatura (i) 



•5* "f'r 



49.5 

 32.5 



13.0 



14.5 



7.0 



(1) Per cent moisture approxim^t®6^ from graphic 



etateaent, 



Since the T?©@dls war® pulla€ July 21 th© lowest 

 moisture content waat probably reached on that dat$. Thaea 

 ^olstura dn? terminations v?ar© laad© by the alaetrical method. 



King (T'u. Soils, 86, 44) det%*riTiin»d th© moisture 

 content on tha surface foot of two soils which w^ra in 

 weedy fallow. Th© raeult© wara averages frora thirtean 

 fialda in each cas©. Tns Seima silt loam contalaad 

 6,83 % and th® Goldsboro compact sandy loam, 3.64 % moisturt. 



At tha Cornell Statioa (Bui. S47, 186) axpariraaata 

 were conductad with rye ^nd miilat, and waads in corn. 

 Tha d&ta gives the avaraga par cant of raoistura ta&en at 

 intervals between Juna 27 and August 15, Table VIII is 

 quotad : 



