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Compaction as a Factor in Soil Conservation¹

ABSTRACT

The results of recent studies in New York of soil compaction as related to infiltration and percolation of water are presented and discussed.

By using treatments affecting the amount of surface compaction occurring under natural rainfall, the ratio of infiltration to runoff for one soil was varied over a range of 300 to 600%. Compaction and permeability of another soil within and below plow depth was shown to be related to traffic and other factors of soil and crop management. Some of the broad aspects of the soil compaction problem are discussed.

¹ Contribution from the Division of Research, Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., in cooperation with the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. Presented before Division VI, Soil Science Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 21, 1952.

² Project Supervisor, Soil Conservation Service, Ithaca, N. Y. The author wishes to express his appreciation to Dr. J. P. Jones for suggesting the topic of this paper and also to the many others who have assisted in field and laboratory phases of the work.

Received for publication November 28, 1952.