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- dried, from which it appeared that those taken at night contained 
on the average 7.57 per cent of water, while those taken in the 
morning contained 10.06 per cent. The samples were taken to the 
depth of about three-fourths of an inch, and the figures indicate 
that, to at least this depth, the soil gained in moisture content 
2.49 per cent during the night. It appears, therefore, that the 
amount of water thus condensed is really small. If we assume 
that the soil increased at the same rate to the depth of two inches, 
the increase would only amount to about one-fortieth of an inch 
of rain. ? 
THe HeicnHt or WarTER IN WELLS. 
The observations upon the depth of the water table, as indicated 
by the height of water in an abandoned well near the Station 
buildings, which were commenced in December, 1886, have been 
continued daily throughout the past year. The results are of 
considerable interest, as they indicate that the depth of the water 
table is influenced far more by season than by the amount of — 
rainfall. The height of the water in the well on the first day of 
each month, and also the rainfall for the.month immediately pre- 
ceding, for two years, is here given, and in order to make the figures 
more readily intelligible, the results are also presented in graphic 
form : 













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