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AVERAGE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF TOXAWAY FINE SANDY LOAM. 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Percentage Composition on the Dry- 

 basis. 



Volatile 

 matter. 



6.93 

 4.35 



Nitro- 

 gen. 



Phos- 

 phoric 

 acid. 



.1252 

 .030 



.132 

 .0797 



Potash. 



2.60 

 2.607 



Lime. 

 CaO, 



.875 

 .845 



Pounds of Total Plant Food Con- 

 stituents per Acre. 

 Surface Soil to depth of 6| 

 inches, 2, 000, 000 lbs. 

 Subsoil to (loplh of 28 inches, 

 8, 000, 000 lbs. 



Nitro- 

 gen. 



Phos- 

 phoric Potash, 

 acid. 



2505 

 2400 



2640 52000 

 6380 i 208600 



Lime. 

 CaO. 



17500' 



67600- 



AVERAGE MECHANICAL ANALYSIS 



LOCATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS. 



Experimental work is being conducted on four of the more im- 

 portant of these mountain soils and they furnish us data which can 

 be applied to practically all of the section. 



This work is located at the following places : 



1. The Buncombe Test Farm, about midway between Black Moun- 

 tain and Swannanoa in Buncombe County. This is one of five test 

 farms owned and operated by the State Department of Agriculture. 



2. The Hendersonville field, one mile northeast of the railroad 

 station at Hendersonville, Henderson County, on the farm of B. W.. 

 Marshall. 



3. The Blantyre field, one-half mile northeast of Blantyre on the 

 farm of Chas. Baldwin. These last two fields are in easy walking 

 distance from the stations of Hendersonville and Blantyre, while the- 

 Buncombe Farm can easily be reached from either Black Mountain 

 or Swannanoa, being not over forty-five minutes walk from either. 



RESULTS ON THE BLANTYRE FIELD, PORTER's CLAY. 



The Blantyre field is typical Porter's clay, and is representative of 

 much of the heavy upland soils of the mountains. It consists of 

 twelve one-twentieth acre plats. This field was established in the 

 spring of 1910. Com was grown on all the plats, it being the first 

 crop of the following three-year rotation: 



First Year — Corn. 



Second Year — Wheat. 



Third Year — Red clover. 



