94 J. K. TAYLOR, 
October and continuing to nearly the end of December, 
brought the level very low. Though the good fall at the 
end of the year raised the January figures, yet the February 
samples showed the lowest moisture figures for any month. 
Table I1.— Moisture in Surface Soil—Per Cent. of Dry Soil. 







Date of Sampling Gude. Lucerne PA | PB | PC | PD 
June 14,1921 11-44 15-84) Average of PA, B, C, D=15-44 
July 14 | 11:10). 9-91| PA-C=12:54, PB= De=aleve 
Aug. 17 (11-98 14-96 | 15°51 | 14°57 | 14-60 | 14:52 
Sept, 15 | 14-08 | 14:59 | 17-80 | 19-04 | 16-63 | 19-42 
Oct. 13 | 5°61 | 7-03] 9°54) “6-66 ("12-57 areee 
Nov. 16 334) 2-12) 6:66 | 5:90 | 9-88 | 4:38 
Dec. 15 3:10} 2:03) 4:24 | 4:47 | 8-97 | 4:47 
Jan. 11,1922! 3:87) 3:60! 4:05 | 5-65 | 7-81 | 5-29 
Feb. 15 1°48 |! 9°67'|? 9-0} 9-89" | 5-377 eEaa 
Mar.16 ~ | 1:95) 3:27] 2°59 | 3:08 | 4:66*| 3-27 




* Subsoil PC contained 12°64% moisture down to 18!’ depth. Other 
samples quite dry, the best of them being Lucerne with 485%. 
The ‘‘Lucerne”’ soil has shown its constitution in rapidly 
losing water and the sod land never rose as high as the 
cultivated soil through run-off, and it dries out very 
thoroughly when heated up. Of the other four plots the 
cultivated fallow has not succeeded in accumulating mois- 
ture as it ought because of non-cultivation at critical 
times, notably in October, November and January, but it 
has maintained a lead, and its subsoil was in a very much 
moister condition than any other plot. The uncultivated 
fallow baked hard, and, with the crop of weeds and odd 
wheat plants to help the sun, generally was near the 
bottom of the series. The two cropped plots were not 
unsatisfactory during the growth of the crop but fell away 
badly afterwards. Summing up, the grass and cropped 
plots were normal, the cultivated fallow too low and should 
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