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Physical Analysis. 



Per Cent. 



Stones ... Nil 



Gravel ... 2.75 



Sand ... 11.27 



Fine Sand ... 40.79 



Silt ... 39.34 .Fine 



Agricultural f Fine SUt ... 3 55/3.06 [Earth. 



Clay \ Clay ... * ( 0.49 



Combined water } ... 2 30 



Organic matter / ... * J 



Total 100.00 



Per Cent. 



'Betentive Pow.er for vwater ... 46.0 



(vHEMiCAL Analysis. 



.(Soil passed through 3 ra.ra. Sieve dried at lOOi* C.) 



Insoluble Matter ... 78.540 



Soluble in Hydrochloric Acid 21 .460 



fPotasti ... 0.392 



j Lime .. 1.022 



■{ Phosphoric Acid 0.218 



Carbonic Acid as > q jj^ 



(^Carbonate of Lime J 



Combined Water aud organic matter 5.520 



Humus (^soluble in Ammonia) 3.610 



Nitrogen ... 0.162 



Hygroscopic Moisture 2.350 



Fertility Analysis. 



Per Cent. 

 Available Potash .. 0.053 



Available Phosphoric Acid 0.064 



Observations. 



This soil corresponds closely to the soil from Rodens in mechanical 

 .composition. The fertility is beyond question. The available potash 

 and phosphoric acid are 6 times tlie normal. It is hardly like y that 

 even extravagant dressings of chemical fertilisers should produce any 

 marked results on this soil. The carbonate of lime might be higher. 

 A dressing of marl will probably be desirable in a year or two. The 

 .humus is high enough for present purposes. 



III.— ST. ANN. 



Euntly, Brown's Town. Mr. E. Q. Levy. 



A well managed piece of newly planted banana plantation was here 

 used for manurial experiments. — 7 Plots of \ acre each weretrea'ed a» 

 follows : — 



