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Experiment with loess soils from different parts of the Transition 
region. Experiment of 1911 78 
Red Fife wheat 83 
Milo 90 
Mexican beans 99 
Maize 104 
Summary of experiment of 1911 106 
Experiments with perennial desert legumes 108 
Experiment 1 108 
Experiment 2 110 
Experiment 3 lit 
Summary of experiments 114 
The hygroscopic coefficient versus the wilting coefficient in compari- 
sons of the available moisture of soils 115 
Summary and conclusions 119 
