PROCEEDINGS OF THE CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 



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SOIL FROM THE FARM OF MR RICHARDSON, DRYLAWHILL, 



PRESTONKIRK. 



This was a free soil, well adapted to the cultivation of the 

 turnip, and in high condition. Its colour, when dry, was dark 

 reddish brown, becoming still darker when moistened with 

 water. It contained very little gravel, but, by an unfortunate 

 mistake, the whole was reduced to powder without its being 

 separated. The quantity, however, was so small that it does not 

 materially influence the result. The subsoil had a yellower 

 colour than the soil, but in other respects differed very little 

 from it in appearance. 



Soluble in Acetic Acid. 



