AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF THE SOIL. $11 
Vil. Garden soil, Heidelberg—3-fold amount of cold 
water (Grouven). 
VUI. Poor, sandy soil, Bickendorf—3-fold amount of 
cold water (Grouven). 
IX. Clay soil, beet field, Liebesnitz, Bohemia, extract- 
ed with 9.6 times its weight of water (R. Hoffmann). 
X. Peat, Meronitz, Bohemia, extracted with 16 times 
its weight of water (R. Hoffmann). 
XI. Peaty soil of meadow, extracted with 8 times its 
weight of water (R. Hoffmann). 
XII. Sandy soil, Moldau Valley, Bohemia, treated with 
twice its weight of water (R. Hoffmann). 
XI. Salt meadow, Stollhammer, Oldenburg (Harms). 
XIV. Excellent beet soil, Magdeburg (Hellriegel). 
XV. Poor beet soil, but good grain soil, Magdeburg 
(Hellriegel). 
XVI. Experimental soil, Ida-Marienhiitte, Silesia, treat- 
ed with 2} times its weight of cold water (Kiillenberg),. 
XVII. Soil from farm of Dr. Geo, B. Loring, Salem, 
Mass., treated with twice its weight of water (W. G. 
Mixter). 
MATTERS DISSOLVED BY WATER FROM 100,000 PARTS OF 
VARIOUS SOILS. 
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Ba Pree. 18 2 18 8 2 Sel Oe a PR 5 | 53) 134 
Ln Sy See 5 214! 3 5l4\trace |trace |trace 41%, 64%} 24) 51 
(eee 6 te 4 4 — |trace 1 2 2 23] 43 
1D ae 10 |trace | 1 2 — |trace 1 11 3 18} 46 
Witeet sens 34 fae es. 13 — 9 22 — 36) 136 
VE ay eal 9 v¢ 1 i 214) 64) 138% 1 22) 87 
Ad ion seseeea 23 eA ayy 4, 5b boas A 1 38 2 30) 110 
Skee. 2 8 ¥,| %| 3%|trace 1 1%|. 20 | — | 10] 45 
1 1 Re ea 33%| 31%| 4% 5 Stel trace | — 70| 147 
2 OF 164 1 |4% 12 |trace 3 302 |trace WT | 449/1095 
¢ Oa 92 44 /21 24 trace |trace 11 1 2 | 230) 425 
xii 1 214| 2 1 trace jtrace |trace |trace | — 33} 39% 
2 "9 43 |16 | 476 — | 407 | 144 58 — | 170)1393 
D.C Seree 19 opie 5 1 4 4 20 3 88} 150 
be 5 3 4 a 5 3 165 2 83) 147 
<5 Paes 6%; 2 {1 3 yy Dili ayeh 12 7 12) 53 
Boe 8 216%! 1 ifal «te 1%! 17. | 12] 55% 
