. Basic slags and rock phosphates . -1 28-6 24-0 29-6 May 5 26-1 28-6 22-8 22-6 10 26-2 29-3 22-6 25-0 17 22-8 22-6 17-8 21-6 25 201 18-4 220 21-5 31 23-7 19-0 15-4 15-4 June 8 180 15-9 12-8 151 14 19-5 16-8 15-6 170 21 21-5 19-9 18-3 181 29 18-7 17-6 13-4 16-2 July 8 26-1 25-8 20-2 23-8 12 26-3 27-0 24-3 21-8 20 18-4 18-4 17-2 19-1 26 23-2 24-7 210 22-0 Aug. 4 24-2 25-6 19-6 20-8 9 220 24-9 16-9 191 16 18-8 19-2 15-5 15-4 31 — 190 — 17-8 Sept. 7 17-9 18-7 16-9 17-2 20 26-8 26-8 23-2 23-2 Nov. 24 25-3 27-9 191 21-4 The moisture contents of the first three inches of soil and of the soilfrom 3 i
. Basic slags and rock phosphates . -1 28-6 24-0 29-6 May 5 26-1 28-6 22-8 22-6 10 26-2 29-3 22-6 25-0 17 22-8 22-6 17-8 21-6 25 201 18-4 220 21-5 31 23-7 19-0 15-4 15-4 June 8 180 15-9 12-8 151 14 19-5 16-8 15-6 170 21 21-5 19-9 18-3 181 29 18-7 17-6 13-4 16-2 July 8 26-1 25-8 20-2 23-8 12 26-3 27-0 24-3 21-8 20 18-4 18-4 17-2 19-1 26 23-2 24-7 210 22-0 Aug. 4 24-2 25-6 19-6 20-8 9 220 24-9 16-9 191 16 18-8 19-2 15-5 15-4 31 — 190 — 17-8 Sept. 7 17-9 18-7 16-9 17-2 20 26-8 26-8 23-2 23-2 Nov. 24 25-3 27-9 191 21-4 The moisture contents of the first three inches of soil and of the soilfrom 3 inches to 9 inches on both plots are given in Table XXXV. Theresults are plotted together with the rainfall record in Figs. 13 and 14. Broadly speaking the 1920 season was a moist one, and particularlyfavourable for the hay crop. At the beginning of May the ground,as the result of a wet April, was saturated with water. May, however,was a dry, and on the whole a hot month, and the soil rapidly began ON MOISTURE CONTENT OF SOIL 65. 26 3 IT 31 14- 28 12 26 B 23 6 20 27April May June July August Sept. Fig. 13. Moisture content of the first 3 inches of soil on the Untreated and Basic Slag Plots at Great Mulgraves, Homdon-on-the-Hill. Soil London 16, Untreated Plot 17, Basic Slag . Rainfall
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