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Soil analysis, district of Ilog-Cabamalan — Continued. 



Soil 

 No. 



32 

 32 A 



33 

 33 A 



34 

 34 A 



35 

 35 A 



Nature 

 of soil. 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Sub.soil 



Fine 

 earth. 



Per ct. 

 99.7 

 98.4 



K„0. 



Perct. 



0.20 



.17 



36 A 



37 

 37 A 



Surface 

 Sub.soil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



100.0 

 99.9 



.19 

 .18 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



99.9 

 99.9 



.20 

 .16 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



96.9 

 98.0 



.25 

 .19 



Perct. 



0.18 



.06 



.13 8. 

 .07 6. 



Vola- 

 tile 



mat- 

 ter. 



Remark.s. 



Perct. 

 11.21 

 6.15 



8.10 

 7.92 



.13 



.13 

 .06 



8.14 

 6.56 



7.80 

 7.70 



Hacienda Soledad. "Tierra 

 bankil" or stiff black clay. 

 Subsoil about 30 centime- 

 ters, black clay mixed 

 with some sand, becoming 

 sandier as deeper; at 45 

 centimeters, much sand. 



Hacienda .San Juan. "Tie- 

 rra mestiza," said to be 

 very good land, butpoorly 

 cultivated owing to lack 

 of labor; said to yield about 

 70piculs (4. 43 nictrie tons) 

 of No. 2 sugar per hectare; 

 now in plant cane Sub- 

 soil almost same as surface 

 down to about •10 centime- 

 ters; below this a very lit- 

 tle sand mixed with much 

 clay. 



Hacienda San Juan. Best 

 land; a rather light loam, 

 but notsandy, now in third 

 ratoon; said to yield 100 

 piculs (6. 33 metric tons) or 

 more of No. 3 sugar per 

 hectare. Subsoil from 25 

 to 30 centimeters down, 

 considerable yellow sand. 



Hacienda San Luis. Clay 

 loam, about 200 meters 

 from river. Is flooded 

 every year; now growing 

 fourth ratoon crop. Sub- 

 soil much the same as sur- 

 face, but somewhat stiffer 

 clay. 



Hacienda San Lucas. "Tie- 

 rra bombon," a sandy 

 loam not reached by 

 floods; said to yield 120 pic- 

 uls sugar (7.60 metric 

 tons) per hectare from 

 plant cane and 90 piculs 

 (5.70 metric tons) from 

 first ratoons. Subsoil at 25 

 centimeters, mixture of 

 loam and very fine sand; 

 at 40 centimeters, nearly 

 all sand; at 80 centimeters, 

 still pure fine sand, no 

 gravel. 



Hacienda San Isidro. Best 

 field, "tierra mestiza;" 

 most of field is covered by 

 yearly floods from river. 

 Last yenr this field (7 hec- 

 tares) .said to have aver- 

 aged 200 piculs ( 12. 65 met- 

 ric tons, per hectare of 

 No. 3 .sugar from canes 

 planted in Octoberand cut 

 in January (fifteen months 

 old). Soil is a black loam; 

 .subsoil at 30 centimeters, 

 black clay mixed with 

 very fine sand or silt in 

 streaks; at 60 centimeters, 

 mostly black clay. 



