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Soil analyses, district of SHay — Continued. 



Soil 

 No. 



57 

 57 A 



58 

 58 A 



Nature 

 of soil. 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



59 

 59 A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Fine 

 earth. 



Perct. 

 99.9 

 100.0 



K,0. 



Perct. 

 0.04 

 0.03 



Na„0. 



Per ct. 

 0.12 

 0.17 



CaO. 



Perct. 

 0.76 

 0.76 



99.7 

 99.7 



0.04 

 0.03 



0.03 

 0.02 



0.11 

 0.14 



MgO. 



Perct 

 0.53 

 0.63 



P2O5. 



Percf. 

 0.08 

 0.06 



0. 14 0. 10 

 0. 13 0. 10 



N. 



Vola- 

 tile 



mat- 

 ter. 



Perct. 

 0.19 

 0.15 



Perct. 

 6.54 

 6.21 



0.16 

 0.12 



99.9 

 99.9 



0.07 

 0.07 



0.17 

 0.16 



0.76 

 0.73 



0. 68 0. 10 

 0. 76 0. 07 



Remarks 



11.88 

 14.90 



0.17 

 0.15 



5.29 

 5.18 



Hacienda Toreno; old town, 

 Victorias. Average cane 

 land of this district. Cane 

 ripens in eleven to twelve 

 months. Said to yield 75 

 piculs (4.75 metric tons) per 

 hectare of Numbers 1 and 

 2 sugar. Subsoil at 20 to 25 

 centimeters, whitish clay 

 mixed with reddish yellow 

 sand; at 50 centimeters, 

 nearly all sand. 



Hacienda Esperanza, Victo- 

 rias, new town (Manapla 

 side). Average land of this 

 district, but very poor soil 

 apparently. Surface red- 

 dish brown clay; subsoil at 

 25 centimeters, a little stif- 

 fer clay than at surface; 

 some sand. 



Hacienda Lucuay, near town 

 of Silay. One of the oldest 

 cultivated landsin this dis- 

 trict; said to yield about 90 

 piculs (5.7 metric tons) of 

 Number 1 sugar per hectare 

 of plant cane. Surface 

 somewhat sandy loam; 

 subsoil at 20 to 25 centi- 

 meters, considerable yel- 

 low sand; at 50 centime- 

 ters, nearly all sand. 



Soil 

 No. 



50 

 50 A 

 53 

 53 A 

 55 

 55 A 

 58 



58 A 

 59 



59 A 



Nature of soil. 



Detritus 

 on 1- 

 mm. 



screen. 



Mechanical analyses of samples (5 grams) of material, dis- 

 trict of Silay, passing a 1-mm. screen. Samples as prepared 

 for chemical analysis. 



1.0-0.5 

 >lmm., mm., 

 gravel. 1 coarse 



! sand. 



Surface 



Subsoil - 

 Surface 

 Subsoil. 

 Surface 

 Subsoil. 

 Surface 

 Subsoil. 

 Surface 

 Subsoil 



2.3 

 1.6 

 6.1 

 8.1 

 2.2 

 6.3 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 0.1 

 0.1 



0.74 

 0.74 

 3.06 

 2.20 

 0.22 

 1.00 

 0.55 

 0.37 

 0.14 

 0.20 



0.5-0.25 0.25-0.10 

 mm., mm., 



medium fine 

 sand. sand. 



.5.30 

 5.10 

 12.50 

 9.72 

 0.84 

 2.22 

 1.57 

 1.32 

 3.50 

 4.10 



20.60 



19.32 



20. 28 



18.14 



2.91 



4.05 



6.01 



5.15 



24.98 



24.32 



0.10-0.05 0.05-0.005 <0.005 

 ™™-' mm., mm.. 



27.94 

 24. 04 

 20.32 

 19.94 

 23.84 

 18.06 

 8.56 

 9.64 

 36.72 

 34.52 



29.70 I 



27.48 



26.86 



25.02 



58.01 



59.28 



31.38 



30.74 



22.02 



24.02 



15.56 

 23.40 

 16.34 

 25.22 

 13.55 

 15.26 

 52.86 

 52.32 

 12.68 

 12.94 



Total. 



99.84 

 100.08 

 99.36 

 100. 24 

 99.37 

 99.87 

 99.93 

 99.52 

 100. 04 

 100. 10 



