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Soil analyses, district of Sati Carlos. 



Soil 

 No. 



Nature 

 of soil. 



60 

 60A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



61 

 61 A 



62 

 62A 



63 

 63A 



64 

 64A 



65 

 65A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Fine 

 earth. 



Perct. 



8.5.8 

 79.9 



K„0. 



Pcrct. 



0.50 



.34 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Na.O. CaO. 



Per ct. 



0.22 



.27 



.22 

 .24 



Per ct. 

 1.64 

 1.84 



MgO. 



Perct. 

 1.41 

 1.36 



1.81 

 1.95 



1.71 

 1.93 



.05 



97.9 

 95 



.65 

 .52 



P,0, 



Perct 



0.12 



.08 



Vola- 

 tile 



mat- 

 ter. 



1.42 

 1.92 



1.96 

 2.11 



2.40 

 2.50 



1.18 

 1.01 



2.43 

 2.54 



Perct 



0.22 



.14 



Perct] 

 8.59 

 7.70 



.21 

 .18 



2.41 

 2.33 



1.23 

 1.22 



2.24 

 2.24 



.07 



8.84 

 6.92 



8.36 



8.18 



.22 

 .16 



7.76 

 7.34 



11.83 

 10.62 



7.86 

 7.28 



'Hacienda San Jose. Field 

 near the sea; said to be very- 

 fair land, but has suffered 

 much from drought this 

 season; now in plant cane 

 lyearold; cane very small; 

 estimated yield 40 to 50 

 piculs (2 53 to 3.16 ihetric 

 tons) per hectare. Surface 

 soil very dry and cracked 

 by heat; subsoil at 25 cen- 

 timeters, a little gravel and 

 coarse sand with brown- 

 ish-yellow clay ins treaks. 



Hacienda San Jose. Field 

 near number 60 and simi- 

 lar to it in appearance, but 

 rather more sand and 

 small stones. This field 

 used for first milling test; 

 1 hectare produces 21.54 

 metric tons cane and 2.378 

 metric tons sugar. Cane 

 has suffered much from 

 long-continued dry season. 



Hacienda San Jose. High 

 land near river; black 

 loam, a trifle sandy. Good 

 cane land; now" in first 

 ratoon crop. Subsoil at 25 

 centimeters, yellowish 

 clay and a little sand 

 fairly well mixed; a trifle 

 more sand near the river 

 bank. 



Hacienda Provideneia. A 

 good cane soil, especially 

 for ratoons. Plant cane 

 said to grow too large and 

 produce poor quality of 

 sugar. Yield about 125 

 piculs (7.91 metric tons) 

 per hectare from plant 

 cane; part of field near 

 river more or less sandy, 

 while a little higher up 

 somewhat stifler clay. 

 Subsoil at 30 centimeters, 

 black and yellow clay in 

 streaks with some yellow 

 sand. 



Hacienda Provideneia. 

 Higher land and near mill. 

 Black clay now in sixth 

 ratoon crop. Estimated 

 will yield 50 to 60 piculs 

 (3.16 to 3.8 metric tons) per 

 hectare. Subsoil at 20 

 centimeters, white clay 

 with coarse white and yel- 

 low sand and pebbles. 



Hacienda San Jose. Land 

 near river, considered best 

 soil in the hacienda. 

 Light somewhat sandy 

 loam. Subsoil at 25 to 30 

 centimeters, clay mixed 

 with sand; at 50 to 60 centi- 

 meters, nearly pure yel- 

 low sand. 



