The geology of New Hampshire. A report comprising the results of explorations ordered by the legislature (1874)
New Hampshire. State geologist (1868-1878), Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919 · Concord, E.A. Jenks, state printer · leaf 165
per year since the country has been cul-tivated,—and there has been a great increase of vegetation on account ofirrigation,—is an important example, as showing the effect of the increaseof vegetation.* The preservation of the vegetation on our mountains is of greatimportance, not only in modifying… … CLIMATOLOGY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 125 fourths, and sand more than nine tenths. Farmers can determine thecapacity that different soils have for retaining moisture, by taking twoboxes, filling each with a different kind of soil, and pouring an equalquantity of water on each, and then suspending each of…
