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THE EFFECT OF FARMYARD MANURE ON THE MOISTURE CHARACTERISTIC OF A SANDY LOAM SOIL
Author(s) -
SALTER P. J.,
WILLIAMS J. B.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1963.tb00932.x
Subject(s) - loam , moisture , water content , environmental science , agronomy , crop , manure , soil water , farmyard manure , field capacity , soil science , fertilizer , geography , geology , geotechnical engineering , biology , meteorology
Summary Annual applications of farmyard manure for 7 or 8 years have led to a significant increase in the available‐water capacity of a sandy loam soil and in the volume of water released at low tensions. The available‐water capacity increased, and the moisture characteristic altered, as the soil became more compacted during crop growth in both 1960 and 1961, and differences in moisture characteristics between the manured and unmanured soil were greatest at the harvest time of the crop.