840 Affnculfural Gazette of N.S.W. [Oct. 2, 1908. 



Sample marked No. 5. 



Locality of soil VAcw distiict, parish Hiiiunil. 



Nature and deptii of soil — Light loam, o inches. 



Coloiu- of soil— Light gray. 



Reaction of soil Acid. 



Capacity for water. — 34 3 per cent., lo\\ . 



Absolute weight per acre, (j inches deep — 1,84H,485 11>. 



<'apillary power — 7'2 inches, goo<l. 



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 Mrchaniral A n(i/i/>iix. 

 Root fibres — '00 per cent. 

 . •Stones over \ inch in diameter — '00 per cent. 

 Coarse gravel, more than ,',, inch diameter — '94 per cent. 

 Fine (iravel, more than >;',. '"ch diameter — 17'80 per cent, 

 p- ., f .Sand — 60'70 per cent. 



\ Impalpable matter, chiefly clay— 'iO'Sli per cent. 



A naJl/.sis of Fine Soil . 

 Moisture — "ST percent. 

 Volatile and combustible matter, principally organic — 3'3(j per cent. 



Percnffufrs of Frrfilisin;/ Siihstanres. 

 General value. 



Nitrogen — '043 per cent. (e(iual to •052 per cent, ammonia), deficient, equivalent to 

 793 lb. in an acre of soil 6 inches deep. 



Soluble in hydrochloric acid, specific gravity I'l. 



Lime (CaO) — "086 percent., fair, e((uivalent to 1,587 1b. in an acre of soil ti inches 

 <leep. 



Potash (KjO) — .015 per cent., bad, e(iuivalent to ^H'} 11). in an acre of soil 6 inches deep. 



Phosphoric acid (PjOj)— "042 per cent., indifferent, e(iuivalent to 775 lb. in an acre of 

 soil 6 inches deep. 



Report. — A very .similar soil to No. 1. See remarks to this. These .soils, 

 and all the soils from Bimmil parish, will benefit by the application of 

 vegetable matter to form humu.s, in which they are deficient. This can be 

 done either by liberal dressings of farm-yard or compost manure or by grow- 

 ing and ploughing under a green crop, so as to incorporate it with the soil. 

 This, on decaying, will supply humus, and iniprow the texture of the sell 

 and its water-holding capacity. 



Sample marked No. 7. 



Locality of .soil — Eden district, parish of Himmil. 



Xatuie and depth of soil — Light sandy soil, 18 inches. 



C'olour of soil — Dark gre\'. 



Reaction of soil — Faintly acid. 



Capacity for watei- -38 per cent., fair. 



Absolute weight per acre, 6 inches deep — 1,75S,234 lb. 



Capillary power — 7 "5 inches, very good. 



Mechanical Analysis. 

 Root fibres — •QO per cent. 

 Stones over ^ inch diameter — '00 per cent. 

 Coarse gravel, more than ,'„ inch diameter — '54 per cent. 

 Fine gravel, more than J, inch diameter — 3266 per cent- 

 Fine soil !• ^aii'l— ■56-10 per cent. 



(.Lnpalpable matter, chiefly clay— 10'70 ))cr cent. 



Analysis of Fiin' Soil. 

 Moisture — 1*72 per cent. 

 Volatile and combustible matter, princi])ally organic -5' 10 percent. 



