BEAUFORT WEST. 



(Privately collected.) 



Xo. Field Cornetcy. Farm or place. Collector. 



1. Nieuwveld. Roos Plaats. W. C. Rose. 



On the farm Roos Plaats, formerly known as Bronkhorst Ylei, and ad- 

 joining Doordrift and Spitskop, in the Nieuwveld district, a sample of soil 

 was taken from a valley in the neighbourhood of a perennial stream be- 

 tween two ridges. The soil had a light, sandy appearance, but the subsoil 

 was of a clayey nature. Upon analysis the following results were ob- 

 tained : 



(Method I.) 



Percent, of Percentage of Soil sifted through Percentage of Soil sifted 

 Field Sample. 1 mm. Sieve. through i mm. Sieve. 



Fine earth. Water Or anic Chlorine. Nitro " Lime. Potash. phoric 

 - r< gen< oxide. 



1. 94-0 2-57 5-15 "008 -i96 '356 '300 '114 



The chemical analysis bears out the opinion of the occupant of the 

 farm, that the soil left nothing to be desired. During its present tenancy, 

 which had lasted ten years, the soil had received no manure of any descrip- 

 tion, while other lands, lower down the river on the same farm, produced 

 very indifferent crops until manured with guano. 



It is probable that this fertility is largely due to the calcareous tufa 

 which forms a characteristic feature of this part of the country, and is evi- 

 dently the result of the disintegration and decomposition of the dolerite 

 which abounds in the Karroo. As a rule, soils thence derived appear to 

 l)e well supplied, not only with lime, but also with potash, while even the 

 proportion of phosphoric oxide is fairly high. 



BREDASDORP. 



(Officially collected.) 

 No. Field Cornetcy. Farm or Place. Collector. 



1. Bloemfontein. Vogelstruis Kraal. J. Mulleor. 



2. Koude Rivier. 



5. Avoca 



6. Zoetendals vallei. Miere Kraal. 



7. Eland's Drift. 



8. Bredasdorp. Nachtwacht. ,, 



Q 



* 3> 



10. Matjesfontein. 



11. Napier. Klippe Drift. 



12. Leeuwen Rivier. 



13. ,, Halfaampjes Kraal. 



14. ; , Quarrie. 



15. Klippe Drift. 



17. The Ruggens. Rem Hoogte. 



Koeranna. 



19. Haasjes Drift. 



20. Nooitgedacht. 

 -21. Patrys Kraal. 



