OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
P» tash» and Soda,-~ -trace,....:..--2-22- OE AOQN SSeS eSB 080 
Phosphate lime,----- tiocie cgsea a5 SACRE Ss -- <5 ace SoS 
Water and loss,- -- -- - Babes cans ache eee PE eee 1.90 
: 100.00 100.00 100.00 
Soils of the Tertiary. 
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The sandy hills in the upper part of the region occupied by this formation, are covered with 
pines; the subsoil being sand, gravel and clay ; the soil is thin and poor, and is kept so by the annu- 
al burning of the vegetable matter, that otherwise, in time, would accumulate, when the land is at 
all level. 
In the vales between the hills, and on the hill sides, the soil is often productive, and is cultiva- 
ted with ease. There are few soils more grateful, or that yield a more ready recompense to indus- 
try ; it continues to produce as long as there is anatom left of any thing that can sustain a plant. 
The following analysis of a soil* from the land of J. D. Legare, Esq., at Aiken, by Professor 
The following soils are from lands in cultivation. 
from Richland, below Columbia; and No. 3, from near Bennettsville, Marlborough district. 
Shepard, will show the character of the cultivated land'alluded to. 
Surface Soil. 
Waiter sor absorption a= Seno se = ces 5-500 
Onganicimatiter = --.42)=_ 2244.92 ea eee eee eee eee 8.500 
Rligasss es Sse Sees FS UAW A Oe Ae 77-000 
Rrotoxide’ of. ion; seeses oak. acute eee Sus Sse 4.005 
PENUETOSY eee _te t  es s al 15.000 
Lime with traces of magnesia and phosphoric acid,.-----~----.--- 0.050 
100.055 
Sub. Soil. 
Witter Of ADSOIDMOD oe - <a ee ee eee nn en oe 8.00 
PS SDE Noe peas eer nee men eee anes he os es ee 81.00 
Peroxide Of iO, = nas ao ee ena aoa eae cats aes ons 3-50 
PASTE TINEA se oe ee en se eile rs eee ea 5.50 
Garhondtorot limes. 55 sees ene ee ae eee ees oso ose 0.40 
Mraccs Ofanate nesiaand Ospeen ces ees acne cen ean mein 1.60 
100_00 
INo., 1. No. 2 No. 3. 
Orpaniomatter--—-=- 6-5-8 -- Gp 0seesa == G:0052.--5—— =. 5.40 
pllicaies See es Lee ee SOI00E 2283: 2 (Aono | See ee ae 77.30 
PA nn ae ee = ae ee 60S s-22-55 6i60L24—- === 4.80 
Uxideomir0ne oon oe soe cee S300 ee Oy. 0). Se ee 5.00 
1 ees = a, OS eS O:602==-s2=— (0 [) ee eee 0.80 
Moapiiesiat= Sosy ce a = s5aeceae ——-------- OG 0 ae 1.00 
Potanly and. s0d@s es 225. 25 52 see ee ifaces see a — 
Phospliateds=s=saern = —-2s---2=s—5 trace. ee ——— 
Watertinu) losses eee === Ae3 0 es a= A OOH tee oe 5.70 
' 100.00 100.00 100.00 
* Southern Agriculturist. 
No. 1, from Platt’s springs, Lexington ; No. 2 
Below the sand hills, about twenty or thirty miles, extending from the Upper Three Runs, through 
Orangeburg, near the village, and across into Sumter, there is a belt of country covered by a far bet- 
