Relation of NonavailaUe Water to Hygroscopic Coefficient 83 
A summary of the moisture conditions in the different cylin- 
ders and of the crops is given in Table 20, and figure 21 shows 
the cylinders near the close of the experiment. The moisture con- 
ditions on the death of the plants are shown in figures 22 to 28. 
Table 20. — Cylinders used in the experiment of 1911. 
Cylinder 
No. 
Designation 
Crop 
Total water 
at time of 
planting, 
1 to 6 feet 
Date of 
death of last 
plant 
Date of 
opening of 
cylinder 
1 tl Colli 
7ft 
to 
XT f) 
xteo jc ne w iicai . 
97 1 
T 17 
June 1 / 
Tnno 99 
<j une 
70 
t r (\ 
"IVTiln 
or: o 
Mai?- 30 
77 
TT O 
1VJ.cX1CcI.IJ. UccUlo • 
or; Q 
iviay ou 
\T QV ^ 
i> j. <xy o 
iviay ou 
^viay o 
IT ( \ 
OA Q 
iviay ou 
"Y/fa-ir QO 
iviay ou 
7A 
±1 yj 
O c i 
!\iay ou 
A fair Qfl 
-Aiaj ou 
9£ 
Wauneta . . • 
rLeo r lie w neat . 
Tnlv 7 
j uiy / 
Tnlv 7 
juiy i 
ZD 
W auneta . . . 
OA o 
juiy o 
TnKr 7 
juiy / 
07 
Li 
^\ auneta . 
Mexican beans . 
OQ O 
June o 
Tl 1 TT /~V OO 
june ll 
30 
Red Fife wheat . 
31.4 
July 12 
July 12 
29 
McCook 
Milo 
31.1 
July 24 
July 28 
28 
McCook 
Mexican beans. 
30.7 
July 18 
July 18 
72 
Holdrege . . . 
Red Fife wheat . 
34.4 
June 26 
June 26 
71 
Holdrege . . . 
Milo 
32.3 
July 24 
July 28 
31 
Holdrege . . . 
Mexican beans. 
32.5 
May 18 
May 31 
75 
Hastings . . . 
Red Fife wheat . 
35.1 
July 18 
July 18 
74 
Hastings . . . 
Milo 
34.5 
July 5 
July 7 
73 
Hastings . . . 
Mexican beans. 
34.6 
June 6 
June 22 
82 
Lincoln 
Red Fife wheat . 
35.9 
June 27 
June 27 
83 
Lincoln 
Milo 
36.9 
April 29 
May 6 
84 
Lincoln. . . 
Mexican beans. 
36.4 
June 27 
June 27 
80 
Surface 
Red Fife wheat . 
38.1 
Julv 12 
Julv 12 
81 
Surface 
Milo 
37.7 
June 20 
June 21 
RED FIFE WHEAT. 
On February 2*0, eight sprouted seeds were planted in each of 7 
cylinders. Four days later all the plants had appeared above the 
surface and during the next two weeks they were thinned to 4 to 
a cylinder. Up to April 11 there were no very marked differences 
between the plants in the 7 cylinders. All were alive and ap- 
peared healthy on April 15 except in the Hastings cylinder, 
where one plant was dead, and in the Lincoln cylinder, where 
one plant was dying. On this date the plants in the Lincoln 
cylinder and in the cylinder of surface soil were considerably 
less thrifty than those in the 5 others. On April 30 there was one 
dead plant in each of the McCook, Holdrege, and Hastings cylin- 
ders and two in the Lincoln cylinder. Spikes were forming in all 
except that of surface soil. In vigor the plants seemed to decline 
in the following order : H O, Wauneta, McCook. Holdrege, Hast- 
ings, Surface Soil, and Lincoln. Those in the H O cylinder closely 
