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Soil analyses, district of Silay. 



Soil 

 No. 



50 



50 A 



Nature 

 of soil. 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



51 

 51 A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Fine 

 earth. 



K„0. 



52 i Surface 



52 a! Subsoil 



53 I Surface 

 53 A' Subsoil 



54 

 54 A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



55 

 55 A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



56 

 56A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Perct. 

 97.7 

 98.4 



Perct. 

 0.06 

 0.07 



Na,0. 1 CaO. 



Per ct. 

 0.08 

 0.07 



Perct. 

 0.45 

 0.47 



96. 3 

 92.0 



0.05 

 0.04 



0.03 

 0.03 



0.04 

 0.06 



0.08 

 0.04 



0.46 

 0.49 



MgO 



Perct. 

 0.42 

 0.36 



0.48 

 0.50 



P.O5. 



Vola- 

 tile 



mat- 

 ter. 



Perct. 

 0.05 

 0.04 



0.51 

 0..50 



0. 25 

 0.35 



0.54 



0.52 I 0.47 



0.05 

 0.04 



0.08 

 0.03 



0.06 

 0.04 



Remarks. 



Perct. 

 0.06 

 0.03 



Perct. 

 5.31 

 7.35 



0.06 

 0.06 



0.06 

 0.06 



0.06 

 0.06 



4.66 

 8.21 



4.14 

 8.33 



5.33 



7. -10 



0..50 0.44 

 0.49 i 0.36 



0.06 

 0.05 



0.09 

 0.09 



6.19 

 7.23 



0.67 

 0.74 



0.55 

 0.49 



0.45 

 0.40 



0.51 

 0.40 



0.07 

 0.11 



0.06 

 0.04 



0.13 

 0.07 



0.11 

 0.08 



Hacienda Buen Retiro, Silay. 

 Considered very good sugar 

 land: said to yield about 

 110 piculs (7.0 metric tons) 

 of No. 1 sugar per hectare. 

 Has been under cultivation 

 for more than hfty years. 

 Does not yield ratobn crop. 

 Surface soil light loam; 

 subsoil at 20 centimeters, 

 yellow sand and clay; at 50 

 centimeters, nearly allsand. 



Hacienda Buen Retiro, Silay. 

 Poor, exhausted land; yield 

 said to be about 35 piculs 

 (2.2 metric tons) per hec- 

 tare. Has been cultivated 

 more than fifty years. Sur- 

 face soil in apf)earance 

 much like No. 50; subsoil at 

 25 centimeters, white clay 

 mixed with coarse reddish 

 sand and small pebbles. 



Hacienda Binonga, La Paz. 

 Exhausted land, hardly 

 worth planting, as yield is 

 very .small. Customary to 

 ]{ plant every two years, let- 

 ting land lie idle in alter- 

 nate years. Subsoil at 20 to 

 25 centimeters, white clay 

 with coarse reddish sand. 



Hacienda of D. Cnenca, Ta- 

 lisay. Fair land; said to 

 yield 60 piculs (3.8 metric 

 tons) per hectare. Sub.soil 

 at 20 centimeters, brown 

 clay and coarse reddish 

 sand and pebbles; at 50 

 centimeters, mostly .sand. 



f Hacienda Tabigui, Saravia. 

 Fair soil; said to yield 100 



I piculs (6.33 metric tons) per 



I hectare of Number 1 sugar. 

 Cane grows quickly and 



I ripens in eleven months. 

 Formerly a river passed 

 over this" field. Surface soil 

 .sligh tly. sandy loam :sub.soil 

 at 25 centimeters, sand and 

 clay; at 50 centimeters, 

 much sand, but finer than 

 that of Silay. 



I Hacienda Tabigui, Saravia. 

 "Tierrabaja." Heaviersoil 

 than No. 55; more clay. 



I Here cane ripens more slow- 



I ly. Large cane, but can not 

 produce better than Num- 

 ber 3 sugar. Needs thirteen 

 to fourteen months to rip- 

 en. Subsoil at 20 to 25 cen- 

 timeters, fairly stiff, whit- 

 ish clay with a very little 

 red sand in streaks; clay 



j becomes whiter with in- 



l crease of depth. 



Hacienda Tabigui. Saravia. 

 Intermediate in appear- 

 ance between Numbers .54 

 and .55. Cane ripens in 

 twelve mouths. Subsoil at 

 15 to 30 centimeters, a mix- 

 ture of clav and sand. 



