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In the following table is given the analyses of Wehadkee silt loam 

 type of soil and subsoil: 



AVERAGE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 



STORE OF PLANT FOOD IN SOILS OF THE COUNTY, 



A chemical examination of the soils of the county have shown in a 

 general way that phosphoric acid and nitrogen are the plant-food con- 

 stituents contained in smallest amounts in most types. This has been 

 the findings with reference to most of the soils occurring throughout 

 the Piedmont region of the State. 



The soils that show the largest amounts of nitrogen are Georgeville 

 Slate Loam, Durham Sandy Loam, Alamance Slate Loam, Congaree 

 Silt Loam, Wehadkee Silt Loam, Georgeville Gravelly Silt Loam, Ala- 

 mance Silt Loam, Alamance Gravelly Loam, and Georgeville Silty Clay 

 Loam. Those containing this constituent in smallest amounts at the 

 present time are Durham Fine Sandy Loam, Granville Sandy Loam, 

 Cecil Clay Loam, Cecil Fine Sandy Loam, Cecil Sandy Loam, George- 

 ville Silt Loam, and Iredell Loam types, in the order given. 



Phosphoric acid is contained in largest amounts in Georgeville Slate 

 Loam, Georgeville Silty Clay Loam, Alamance Slate Loam, Iredell 

 Loam, Congaree Silt Loam, Alamance Gravelly Silt Loam, George- 

 ville Gravelly Silt Loam and Georgeville Silt Loam, and lowest with 

 Durham Fine Sandy Loam, Cecil Fine Sandy .Loam, Durham Sandy 

 Loam, Granville Sandy Loam, Alamance Silt Loam, Cecil Sandy Loam, 

 Wehadkee Silt Loam, and Cecil Clay Loam. With the exception of 

 the Alamance Silt Loam type, the soils of the county that belong to the 



