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WHEAT SOILS OF Till-: ALEXANDRIA DIVISION. 



The foregoing table may be sim])Hfic(l by presentation in a 

 more summarised form, thus : — 



No. 



4 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 



10 

 T J 

 12 

 13 



14 

 15 

 t6 

 I" 

 i8 

 19 



Pebbles. 

 >,3mm. 

 Per cent. 



Gravel. 

 3-1 mm. 

 Per cent. 



Sand. 



1-.05 mm. 



Per cent. 



. 63 . 



. 62 . 



62 . 



. 82 . 



// 

 82 



83 

 84 

 70 

 79 



60 

 70 



.54 

 8i 



76 



Silt. 

 .05-005 mm. 

 Per cent. 



^:> 

 29 

 29 



29 

 r I 



9 

 16 



T3 

 14 

 '3 

 23 

 16 

 18 

 25 

 21 

 36 

 13 

 20 

 T7 



23 



Clay. 

 < . 005 mm. 

 Per cent. 



9 

 12 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 3 



8 



TO 



4 

 8 



5 



Vxoxw the above mechanical analyses these soils ma\ uc 

 classified as follows : — 



Cultivated Soils 

 Virgin Soils 



Medium 

 Sands. 



Fine 

 Sands. 



Sandy 

 Loams. 



Fine Sandy 

 Loam?. 



5, 9, 17. 



6, 10. 



13, 19. 1, 3, 11, 15. 

 18, 20. !2,4, 8, 12,14,16. 



In this last table, the cnlti\ate<l soils ha\e been ))laced imme- 

 diately over the virgin soils to which they correspond, except 

 where the two fall into different classes, in which case the space 

 a'1x)ve (or below) has been left l>lan]^. The coarsest soils of 

 the .series are Nos. 5, 6, 9 and 10, and these all lie within about 

 ft)ur miles frt)m Alexandria, in a suuth-westerlv direction. No. 

 13. a sandy loam of the less fine character, is situated in the 

 same area. J-Jroadlw the coarser .soils incline to grey, and the 

 tmer soils to brown in colour. 



The most pronounced!}' brown soils are Nos. 16. ig, 20, and 

 these all come from farms .some 24 miles west of Alexandria 

 village, in the field-cornetcy Congo's Kraal. The most definitely 

 grey soils are Nos. 5, 6 and 7, all of which form ])art of the 

 area three or four mile- west of Alexandria. 



