The moisture content in the soil.
1. There are many ways of finding out the moisture content of different soils. We shall use a simple method.
2. Grind the soil you wish to find the moisture content of, into a fine powder.
3. Weigh 100 gm of soil from this pile. Spread it on a newspaper and dry it for about two hours in the sun.
4. While drying the soil, the sky must be clear and the heat of the sun intense.
5. Keep turning the soil over while you are drying it. Be careful that the soil does not spill out of the newspaper.
6. Weigh the soil again after it has completely dried.
7. The difference in the two weights will tell you how much water 100 gm of the soil contained.
8. This quantity is known as the percent moisture content of the soil.
