Oct. 2, 1908.] Apriciiltural Gazette of N.S.W. H41 



Percentages oj Fertilising Suhsiances. 

 (Teneral value. 

 Nitrogen — -078 per cent, (equal to -095 per cent ammonia), fair, ecjual to 1,371 lb. in 

 an acre of soil 6 inches deep. 



Soluble in hydrochloric acid, specific gravity I'l. 

 Lime (CaO) — "171 per cent., satisfactory, equal to 8,006 lb. in an acre of soil 6 inches 

 deep. 



Potash(K20) — '041 per cent., indifferent, equal to 7'21 lb. in an acre of soil 6 inches deep. 

 Piiosphnric acid (P2O5) — "056 per cent, fair, equivalent to 984 llj. in an acre of soil 

 6 inches deep. 



Report. — ^Siinilai- to 1 ;ind 5. Same remarks apply as in the case of the.se 



soils. 



Sample marked No. la. 



Locality of soil —Eden district, parish \'ictoria. 



Nature and depth of soil — Loam, 6 inches. 



Colour of soil — Dark brown. 



Reaction of soil — Strongly acid. 



Capacity for water — 35 "5 per cent., fair. 



Absolute weight per acre, 6 inches deep — 1,439, 172 lb. 



Capillary power — ,5 inches, fair. 



Mechanical Analysis. 

 ■Root fibres -"00 per cent. 

 Stones over \ inch diameter — 7 •60 per cent. 

 Coarse gravel, more than ^77 inch diameter — i'OO per cent. 

 Fine gravel, more than ^-^ inch diameter — .3'40 per cent. 

 T-- •, f Sand — 34 '33 per cent. 



' ■ \ Impalpable matter, cliiefly clay — 50"67 per cent. 



Analysis of Fine Soil. 

 Moisture — 5 '35 per cent. 

 Volatile and combustible matter, principally organic — 13"66 per cent. 



Percentages of Fertilising Suhsfances. 

 General value. 

 Nitrogen — "155 per cent, (equal to 188 per cent, ammonia), good, equivalent to- 

 2,230 lb. in an acre of soil 6 inclies deep. 



Soluble in hydrochloric acid, specific gravity, 1"1. 

 Lime (CaO) —'064 per cent., indifferent, equiv^alent to 921 lb. in an acre of soil 6 inches 

 deep. 



Potash (K,0) — "U.i3 per cent., fair, equivalent to 762 lb. in an acre of soil 6 inches deep. 

 Phosphoric acid (P2O5) — '063 per cent., fair, equivalent to 906 lb. in an acre of soil 

 6 inches deep. 



Report. — The principal defects in this soil are its present sourness and 

 deficiency in lime. Thorough cultivation and the application of about ?x a ton 

 per acre freshly-slacked lime should remedy these defects, when the land should 

 prove a fertile one, as it is well supplied with humus and the elements of 

 plant-food. Cultivation will improve its water-holding power. At present 

 it has a very low nitrifying power, the lowest of any of this batch, but the 

 treatment recommended will improve it in this respect, and it should, without 

 doubt, prove a very fertile soil. 



Sample markej No. 4a. 



Localitj- of soil — Eden district, parish Wallagaraugli. 



Nature and depth of soil — Peaty, 10 to 30 feet. 



Colour of soil — Black. 



Reaction of soil — Acid. 



Capacity for Water- -96'8 per cent., very hii;h. 



Ab.solute weight per acre, 6 mclies deep — 651,7o0 lb. 



Capillary power — Over 10 inches, excellent. 



