838 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. \_Oct. 2, 1908- 



Analyses of Soils from the Eden District. 



Samples of soil f)-om tlic ft^llow iny ])l;u<'s were submitted to Mr. F. B.- 

 Guthrie for iinalysis and report : — « 



Soil Samples. 



ParUli oj] lihnmiJ : — 



Bag marked No. 1 — Soil 4 inches deep. ) Sliown on parisli map 



2 — .Sul)soil about 18 inches deep \ thus ... ... (1). 



M — Soil 4 inches deep. / , ,q> 



4 — Subsoil about 24 inches deep. \ '" ^~'' 



.") —Soil 5 inches deep. / , ..i, 



6 — Subsoil 14 inches deep. \ '" '"' 



7 — Soil IS inches deep, overlaying \ , ... 



drift about 9 inches deep. ' ■■■ \ )•■ 



8 — Soil overlaying drift referred to ( , .,, • ,. 



i. 1 Ji o," -11 \ (Alluvial . 



not less than 3() inclies deep. ; ^ 



Parish of Victoria : — 



Bag marked No. 1" — Soil li inelies deep. ") Shown on county map 



2-' — Subsoil 12 inches deep. J tlius ... ... 1'. 



3* — Soil over 3 feet deep, alluvial. d(j ... .3''. 



Parish of Wa/la(jaraugh : — 



Bag marked No. 4-' — Soil from Nadgee Swamp from 10 to 30 feet deep. 



Shown on county maj) thus ... ... ... ... 4'*,. 



Pariiih of Pamhula : — 



Bag marked No. .5-'— Soil taken from portion 209, S inches deep. Shown 



on litliograph. 

 Parifili of Yovku : — 



Bag marked X'— Soil 2 inches deep. ") Shown on jiai-ish map 



X- — Subsoil 15 inches deep. j thus ... .. X'. 



Parish of XnUira : — 



Bag marked A — Soil, stony, 12 inches deep, overlying slate formation. 



Shown on parish map thus... ... ... ... ... A. 



Tins sample may be taken as representing a large area of land in the parish of 

 Nullica and other parishes south. 



The following are the analyses accompanieii l)y a .soil i-eport : — 



Sample marked No. 1. 



Locality of soil — Eden district, parish Bimmil. 



Nature and depth >if soil — 4 inches, light loam. 



Colour of soil — Dark grey. 



Reaction of soil — Strongly acid. 



Capacity for water — 41.') per cent., fair. 



Absolute weight per acre, 6 inches deep — 1,01."),()74 lb. 



Capillary power — 6'1 inches, good. 



Mf-chnnicfif A nah/si-s. 

 Root fibres — 00 per cent. 

 Stones over- j iiu li diameter -MO per cetit. 

 Coarse gravel, more tlian ,',7 inch diameter — ■")4 per cent. 

 Fine gravel, more than ,.'„ inch diameter — l2o4 per cent. 

 L-.- ^1 1 Sand — 60 "00 per cent. 



I Impalpable matter, chiefly clay — 26 '92 per cent. 



Analysi-f of Fine Soil. 

 Moisture —1 -39 per cent. 

 \'olatili- and combustible matter, principally organic — 5'65 per ceat. 



