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Research Bulletin No. 3 
Table 18. — Moisture conditions on opening cylinders tmth beans, 
experiment of 1910. 
Fed 
4.. 
6. 
r 
i 
{ 
Average 
Average ... 
Total water 
Free water 
ction 
I 
II 
I 
II 
T Z. 
Inches 
Per cent 
Per rent 
Per cent 
Per cent 
1 Q 
l-o 
3.1 
3.5 
- 6.2 
— 5.8 
4 
4.5 
4.5 
A O 
—4.8 
A O 
— 4.8 
5-6 
5.6 
5.5 
O T 
— S.( 
— 3.8 
7-9 
9.8 
9.6 
—1.2 
— 1.4 
10-12 
12.1 
12.3 
1.1 
1.3 
13-15 
6.4 
6.5 
0.8 
0.9 
16-18 
6.3 
6.5 
0.7 
0.9 
19-21 
6.3 
6.4 
0.7 
0.8 
22-24 
6.4 
6.5 
0.8 
0.9 
25-27 
O.O 
0.4 
u. / 
U.o 
28-30 
R 1 
0.1 
O.O 
u.o 
U. / 
31-33 
6.3 
6.1 
0.7 
0.5 
34-36 
6.2 
6.3 
0.6 
0.7 
37-39 
O.O 
0.4 
U. i 
40-42 
6.3 
6.3 
0.7 
0.7 
43-45 
6.4 
6.4 
0.8 
0.8 
46-48 
U.O 
3 
u.o 
0.7 
0.7 
49-51 
6.3 
6.2 
0.7 
0.6 
52-54 
6.3 
6.3 
0.7 
0.7 
r: c xt 
OO-O / 
6.5 
6.3 
0.9 
0.7 
58-60 
6.5 
6.4 
0.9 
0.8 
61-63 
6.5 
6.3 
0.9 
0.7 
64-66 
6.7 
6.4 
1.1 
0.8 
67-69 
6.7 
6.3 
1.1 
0.7 
1-12 
7.5 
7.6 
—2.6 
—2.5 
13-69 
6.4 
6.3 
0.8 
0.7 
The total moisture in the subsoil at the death of the two plants 
was 6.4 and 6.3 per cent respectively, being 1.8 and 1.9 per cent 
below the wilting coefficient. It seems improbable that this large 
amount of water was removed between the time that the plants 
wilted permanently and the time that the cylinders were opened. 
SUMMARY OP EXPERIMENT OF 1910. 
The subsoil of the two implanted cylinders at the beginning 
of the experiment held nearly twice as much water as the same 
subsoil would have retained under field conditions. The surface 
foot of soil, however, was not wetter than it might have been 
found in the field after a period of wet weather. The loss of 
