Abstract
AbstractTo determine how manipulation of vegetative cover affects soil‐moisture storage, 8 plots were laid out in a 50‐acre block on the Coastal Plain of New Jersey, 4 on Lakeland sand and 4 on Lakehurst sand. Each plot, about 1/100 acre in size, was subdivided into 3 subplots, each of which was sampled gravimetrically 42 times over a period of 3 growing seasons.A relationship between bulk density and soil depth plus stone content was developed. From this, bulk density was estimated for each sample in five 1‐foot layers. Moisture content by weight for each 1‐foot layer was converted to moisture content by volume by applying the respective estimated bulk densities. Variations within and between the relatively close‐spaced plots are presented for estimated bulk density and moisture content by voulme for each of the 1‐foot layers.
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