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reeds, from which one may conclude that there is plenty of under- 

 o-round moisture. 



When sampled the soil was very dry, but it has the reputation of 

 retaining water well, a property we have confirmed in the laboratory. 



Potatoes and wheat are said to grow well on thi« soil, but no 

 precise details of yields were available. 



Samples jN"o. 618 and No. 619 are from Kraaifontein lands worked 

 from Witkop homestead. Xo. 618 is a composite sample from Kraai- 

 fontein New Land. This land is situated near the mouth of a short, 

 wide kloof in the Red Beds on the eastern side of the spruit which 

 comes down from Witko]). The soil is dark brown in colour and fine 

 in texture. 



The natural vegetation of this area consisted of kweek and blauw- 

 saad grasses, plenty of clover, a yellow-flowered aster, and tulp. 



Xo. 619 is a sample from a 10-year old land situated between 

 Kraaifontein Xew Land and Witkop homestead. The land is 

 decidedly hig-h-lying ; in fact it might be called a bult land. The 

 soil is sandy, reddish brovrn in colour, and in every way much like 

 the sandbult soil from Paardenverlies. 



The vegetation of this area was originally zuur rooigras. 



Precise details of yields from this land were not obtainable. 

 Wheat, oats, and potatoes had been tried on it, the first-mentioned 

 crop yielding at the rate of fifteen from one on a recent occasion. 



T.\BLE III. 



Analysis of the Soils from Witkop and Kraaifontein. 



