Investigation of Soil Physiochemical Properties Effects on Soil Compaction for a Long Year Tilled Farmland

Table 3

The physiochemical properties laboratory result for the farm field.

Field site	Depth	pH	EC (μS/cm)	Textural			Textural class	CEC (meq/100 g soil)	% TOC	% OM	% TN	% moisture
				% sand	% clay	% silt
Bishoftu	0–10	6.17	245	45	27	28	L, CL, and SCL	25.5	1.35	2.33	0.08	21.43
	10–20	6.46	251.2	48	25	27		21.3	1.53	2.43	0.12	23.87
	20–30	6.53	257.9	49	25	26		28.6	1.18	2.41	0.09	27.02
Mean		6.4	251.4	47.3	25.7	27.0		25.1	1.4	2.4	0.1	24.1

EC, electrical conductivity; CEC, cation exchange capacity; TOC, total organic carbon; OM, organic matter; TN, total nitrogen; C, clay; CL, clay loam; L, loam; SCL, sandy clay loam.