Show LEARNING TEXTURE OF SOILS 1 one may learn how much water different tends of soli will hold by simple test if anyone wishes to prove tn him self how much more water some will hold than others let him take three tomato cans of the same size with a nail punch a halt dozen holes in the bottom of each then fill all three cans one with sand one with still clay and the other alth a rich loam soil well filled with humus if such eoll as the last cannot be had then fill the can with the dark rich top soli t the woods lot after scraping away leaves and other coarse materials pack the soil in all of them down solid and put in all they will hold put these cans of soli in some place where they will dry out thoroughly A good i ace Is in the kitchen behind the stove when they are all well dried pout a half pint of water slowly over the top of each can of soil repeat this putting the same amount of water od each soil until the water begins to trickle from the holes in the bottom ol 01 the cans the water will begin to run from the can containing sand first and 11 this can be placed so tilt the balei can be caught and measured it can be told how much less water this sand will hold than the clay soil and by the same method it may be seen how much more water the soil full 0 hu mus will hold than even a heavy clay soil devoid of humus |