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DIAGRAM II—Showing How Plowing Conserves Moisture. 
UNPLOWED SURFACE. PLOWED SURFACE. 
o o o o Plowed Surface. 
^=5-#^ Cq fiHI an/ openings through Jon 
TABLE II.—Moisture in Cultivated and Uncultivated Land. 
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. 
APRIL 18 
APRIL 24 
*APRIL28 
f MAY 1 
X may 7 
Average 
Tons 
Per 
Cent 
Tons 
Per 
Cent. 
Tons 
Per 
Cent. 
Tons 
Per 
Cent. 
Tons 
Per 
Cent. 
Tons 
4 
1st Ft. 
5.35 
107.0 
4.71 
94.2 
6.66 
133.2 
7.69 
153.8 
8.57 
171.4 
CULTIVATED 
2d Ft. 
5.73 
114.6 
5.67 
113.4 
5.63 
112.6 
5.69 
113.3 
5.83 
116.6 
3d Ft. 
5.17 
103.4 
5.28 
105.6 
5.17 
103.4 
5.00 
100.0 
5.19 
103.8 
LAND 
4th Ft. 
4.94 
98.8 
4.95 
99.0 
4.98 
99.6 
5.00 
100.0 
5.07 
101.4 
Total. 
423.8 
412.2 
448.8 
461.1 
493.2 
448.98 
. 
1st Ft. 
2.81 
56.2 
2.91 
58.4 
4.83 
96.6 
6.87 
137.4 
6.66 
133.2 
UNCULTIVATED 
2d Ft. 
3.17 
63.4 
3.20 
64.0 
3.40 
68.0 
3.37 
67.4 
3.82 
72.4 
LAND 
3d Ft. 
2.92 
58.4 
2.99 
59.8 
2.95 
59.0 
2.94 
58.8 
3.25 
65.0 
4th Ft: 
2.83 
61.6 
3.19 
63.8 
2.91 
58.4 
2.80 
56.0 
3.19 
63.8 
Total. 
239.6 
246.0 
282.0 
319.6 
334.4 
284.32 
Cultivated Land, average.448.98 tons 
Uncultivated Land, average. 284.32 tons 
Difference in favor of Cultivated.164.66 tons 
Equivalent to 1.45 inches rainfall. 
* Rainfall early in the morning of 28th, .86 inches 
t Rainfall early in the morning of 30th, .30 inches 
X Rainfall early in the morning May 6, .70 inches 
