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ptuttestteet |ayer30rm below the surtaeedt garners.
tn suits that heeotne waterlogged, we ran reset! to
raised beds or deep dratns tu reduee r ttrated water
bulld-np, or plant trees to keq) aetrye transpirattarr
gurng and so reduee salt water tables and Vehnmldlry
the arr
Two taeturs at least alien sell wa|er avattatatttty-
. The strength at moteeutar pondtng et water |u
partretes tn the sort tranre bondst Planl rout narrs
eannot remote thts pound-water at pmsum above ts
atmospheres
- The salt edntertt ot the water Tm many salts, and
the 50' water exerts reverse nsmollc pressures ml plant
mots, and will take Mam horn the roots,
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GASEDUS CONTENT AND
PROCESSES IN SOIL
So are penneated, wnm not watertagged, by the
gaseaus eornpdnens u! the atmosphere tsawt nttmgrert
mt oxygenl. Thrs enters the sort vta pore spares,
Hacks, and antrrrat burrows, and dtttttses yta pore
spaces to plant roots The enrhange ol gases, .trna.
sphere ttr sort and sort to ammsphenhlhz breathing ot
unhils aehteyed try a set 0! physreal and brotogreat
pmcuses, some otw eh are
- EARTH TKDES. The moon ttdes, rnueh subdued on
eontrnentat masses. neyerthetess attest greundwaters
tn eotrtrtes ur boulders, the earth ttselt labour zs em use
and tall aeross the eonnnetttal USN, and ot eourse the
sorts tat estuattes and mud ttats twhere atr ean tse seer.
lsutshttng up tor hours as the min nsest
Ever/what, low at htgh pressure eellsand mrbulem
wmd new creates atr pressure dttterenttats that draw
out or Inyed atr \la ereyrees and trssures, or bumws
These same etterts a or retard the dtttuston or
water yapaur icwss sell surtates, and rust as the wtnd
dru- out audaee snlls so u aka, by last new, draws out
other gases tram sort The gases at wil res than
trartrerrr dtdxtdet, uxldilion, aerotne and anaerohte
rtwtapotte preeesses, radon hum radroaettye deny, and
simple or complex hydmoaxbuns trorn earth depostts
or humus deeay pass to an
Mudl at the ammonta and carbon dloxlde tn the
atmosphere, and at least we at the methane, is
supplted by sot]
. ptoLoctcAL EXCHANGE A stngle large
broadleal tree, amyely teansptrlng. may rnerease the
area ot tramptratron ot orre aere at start by a laclor ot
tony, a torest may do su by hundrrd) ot ttmes. 5o
oxygen, eartran xidc, water vapunx, metallte
yapaurs, :mn'wnll, and hydrogen or ehlortne 332: are
transpired by algae, rushes. erops, trees, and hubs or
mm mm groups yary mendously tn the volume
ardeornposttran at gases transptred, Although we owe
trtueh atottr aernospherte oxygtn to uees,a gmt many
Mil-woody plant speetrs eorrsume more oxygen than
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they prudure.
Thus, the plant rs a gaseous translator, tradtng both
ways wtth arr and sort game speethes ttt thr trade are
gtvert tn the seettrtn below an oxvgznruhvlene
pluczsscs
Annuals, km, are yery aetne tn upemng up sorts
wtth small ur large hurnrws, these at as pump ptstons
{Ilka a tram tn a tunnett |u draw In and exhaust txtth
thetr waste gases and atmospnme gaseous elements,
whreh are then drttttsed ta mnk tta sol! pores Marty
out-rowers «ants, crabs. terrnrtes, pratrra dogs. wttrms,
land eraytrsht rarse trp mounds rtr Chlmncys whteh
then act as ntdt mm tnratr ttttw ttr ttt ereats- pwssure
dtllarenttals whlch draw arr acllvzlv thrnugh thetr
nurrows Or they (led large surtaee struetures rtt
penneatrte sedtmerrts aerttss whteh waste gases dttluse
leg tenrttte moundst. fly a great many wdt dettees,
ann-ttals eentt-tve In true tn aerated er atmtndrttoned
undergmunds, and tnerease gaseous exchange tn the
Salk.
FIG"!!! I 5
lel WEE DONSWUCVED av A LAND auxanwm
All Haw trntttnes sorrow and "mum waste gases
GAst MANUFAUURED IN sons
By way tat tttanrum ar ruttte mm, amenrrnta ts
manutaetured tn sands tr. the presente ot sunttght By
way at teemus imn, ethylene tcyttyt ts mantrtaatured
tn anaerotatc srnt mternsrtes tn anaemhre sruls and
waters, esrtson drprtde, methane, sutptturetted
hydrogen. ethylene. and sulphur dturtde are termed.
and eseape ta arr as tnogas or marsh gas The same
products are present tn the muted sotts ot
hydrophobtt elays tn winter, soils where Numb
stauemre has been destroyed by mtsttse. where salt has
dzflocnlhlzd clays and eaused sttrt rattapse, or where
water penedreally floods the sort Many at [hm gaats
are totrnd as a result at humus decay and thtuhaetlltts
tsutphur paeteetat action
Ammoma is released tram aetryety nudutattng
legumes thees and turost. and ts used in unptaughed
sorts as a plant nutetent.1hus.gaseons mmponnds are
eonttnually made tn the sotl ttselt by proeess ot
autumn: growth and deeay tn the presenee at metattre