Physical state is recorded as broken, rubbed, crushed, or crushed and smoothed.
If unspecified, the surface is broken. The color of the soil is recorded for a surface broken through a ped if a ped can be broken as a unit. The color value of most soil material becomes lower after moistening. Consequently, the water state of a sample is always given. The dry state for color determinations is air-dry and should be made at the point where the color does not change with additional drying.