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8oil analyses, district of Bai^. 



Soil 

 No. 



74 

 74 A 



75 

 75 A 



76 



76 A 



77 

 77 A 



78 

 78 A 



79 

 79 A 



80A 



Nature 

 of soil. 



! Fine 

 earth. 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



I Per ct. 



I 100.0 



100.0 



Perct 



0.38 



.25 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



81 Surface 

 81 A Subsoil 



82 

 ■82 A 



S3 

 83 A 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



Surface 

 Subsoil 



100.0 

 100.0 



99.9 

 99.9 



Surface 97.8 

 Subsoil 98.7 



94.4 

 96.0 



98.8 

 99.1 



K,0. 



Na^O. 



100.0 

 100.0 



97.6 

 88.0 



100.0 

 100.0 



.27 

 .25 



.40 



.27 



.46 



.28 



.29 

 .31 



.26 

 .21 



.32 

 .26 



.42 



.24 



Per ct. 



0.40 



.22 



CaO. 



.10 



Perct. 

 3.61 

 6.61 



MgO.P^Os 



Vola- 

 I tile 

 mat- 

 ter. 



Remarks. 



Perct. 

 2.35 

 2.22 



3.20 



2.97 



3.19 

 3.08 



2.91 

 5.27 



2.91 

 5.24 



.85 

 1.00 



1.68 

 1.78 



6.52 

 5.39 



2.22 

 1.98 



1.89 

 1.94 



2.21 



1.98 

 2.08 



1.46 



1.77 



1.55 

 1.62 



2.38 

 2.24 



Perct. 



0.22 



.15 



Perct 



0.17 



.11 



.24 

 .14 



14 . .11 



.13 

 .10 



.14 

 .10 



.19 

 .09 



.12 



Perct. 

 10.10 

 10.10 



10.82 

 9.72 



.14 



9.50 

 9.42 



Hacienda Rosario. A com- 

 posite sample from four 

 different fields, but all very 

 much the .same in appear- 

 ance: said to yield up to 

 150piculs (9.50metrictons) 

 sugar per hectare. S u r- 

 facesoil sandy loam ("tie- 

 rrabombon")"; subsoil at 25 

 to 30 centimeters, a mix- 

 ture of fine yellow sand 

 and some clay; at 60 centi- 

 meters, nearly all sand. 

 Cane is said to grow well 

 in this soil even in very 

 V dry or in very wet weather. 



Hacienda Tamugun, farther 

 back toward the moun- 

 tains. "Tierra mestiza," 

 somewhat heavier soil 

 than number 74; very good 

 cane land; subsoil at 30 to 

 35 centimeters, very little 

 different from surface; at 

 65 centimeters, heavy 

 black clay. 



Hacienda Paz. Light clay 

 13.30 I loam, good cane soil; sub- 

 11 K7 ii .soil at 25 centimeters, 

 • ' black clay. 



Hacienda Consolacion. 

 "Tierra mestiza," surface 

 black clay loam; subsoil 

 mixture of black clay and 

 yellow sand; .said to yield 

 90 to 100 piculs (5.70 to 6.33 

 metric tons) per hectare. 



jQ 3^ I [Hacienda Valencia. A 

 \i mixed soil, very similar to 

 9.60 1 1 number 77. 

 I 

 Hacienda Pilar. "LamiV- 

 kan" heavy black clay, un- 

 cultivated at present; said 

 to produce good quality of 

 10. 40 1 1 cane, but rather small. " In 

 10 47 I '^'sry wet years cane does 

 not grow well, owing to 

 lack of drainage; subsoil 

 at 20 centimeters, very stiff 

 black clay. 



f Hacienda Pilar, land near 

 sea. Said to be very good 

 cane land in dry years, but 

 somewhat d o u b t f u 1 if 

 much rainfall; has some 

 drainage toward sea; sub- 

 soil at 20 centimeters, stiff 

 black clay. 



I Hacienda Cambuilao. Black 

 clay soil; very good land; 

 subsoil at 30 centimeters, 

 yellow clay. 



Hacienda Tankulugan, 

 northern part of B a i s . 

 "Tierra mestiza" or 

 "mixed" soil; subsoil at 25 

 ) centimeters, yellow clay 

 and fine sand; at bo centi- 

 meters, nearly all sand, 

 some rather coarse. 



fHacienda Bifiojon, northern 



11.93 

 11.38 



10.60 

 9.76 



10.29 

 9.27 



10.44 

 9.81 



part of Bdis, nearseacoast. 

 Surface soil similar to 

 number 82; subsoil some- 

 what finer sand and rather 

 more clay in proportion. 



