+2 BULLETIN 1221, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
WHITTIER AND RIVERSIDE SOILS. : 
The third set of experiments consisted of four tubes, two filled with 
Whittier soil and two with Riverside soil. 
Tube No. 9 was filled with Whittier soil packed in 2-inch layers and 
compacted by lifting and dropping in the same way as tube No. 1. 
This tube was allowed to stand 29 days and was then sampled im- 
mediately. 
Tube No. 10 was filled with Whittier soil and packed in 2-inch 
layers. Hach layer was made firm with a weighted tamping rod. 
The tube was allowed to stand 18 days and was then sampled im- 
mediately. 
Tube No. 11 was filled with Riverside soil. The tube was packed 
in 2-inch layers and made firm by dropping to the floor in the same 
manner as tube No. 1. This tube was allowed to stand 35 days and 
was then sampled immediately. 
Tube No. 12 was filled with Riverside soil. The tube was packed 
in 2-inch layers and made firm with a weighted tamping rod. The 
tube stood but a few minutes—just long enough for the moisture to 
reach the top of the ninth inch—and was then sampled immediately. 
The moisture determination for these four tubes are given in 
Table 5. ' 
TABLE 5.—Distribution of capillary moisture in vertical soil columns of Whittier and 
Riverside soils, by percentage. 
Distance) Tube | Tube | Tube | Tube |] Pistance| qupe | Tube | Tube | Tube 
act ae No. 9. No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. waters No. 9. Nos 10s, | No: 11. le Nort2: 
Inches. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. Inches. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
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i op ohh 58. 87 52. 80 25. 20 ZQE2R NAGSe ae ke ISSA OEY ee eRe oe LT 2SM ae. Senne 
ere hye 57.14 53. 80 26. 24 QO lel ote eee er here ele eee eer LG. O8elin’ Gero carent 
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7 Ae SOAOB fs cee ss cae D1 AO4T | 2 see 5S RR ee | Sree ee ee eee Sone 8i:29.| 5252 dose 
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DRS eee BOSSE Sx OL. ee 19°68) 72 se! 
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