31 



On account of long continued drought the crop returns of the three 

 consecutive years preceding this visit to the division had been very 

 scanty; some farms, in the neighbourhood of those mentioned, had, in 

 fact, been totally deserted owiug to scarcity of water. 



No. 

 22. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 The Hope. 



(Privately collected.) 



Farm or Place. 

 Brakkefontein. 



Collector. 

 C. Maxais. 



On the farm Brakkefontein samples of surface soil were collected 

 from five different spots, at the foot of the Potteberg 1 Range, and just be- 

 low the Potteberg Trigonometrical station. The five lots of soil were 

 thoroughly mixed and an average sample was then taken for analysis. 

 This surface soil is rather loose and sandy, and, as may be expected under 

 the dominating influence of the sandstone range, proves to be poor in 

 plant food. About five feet below the surface there is a deposit of water- 

 worn pebbles mixed with yellowish clay, from twelve to eighteen inches 

 thick, overlying a very dark loamy water-bearing stratum from five to> ten 

 feet in thickness. Under that lies another layer of very fine yellowish 

 clay. Lucerne and vegetables of all kinds, especially root crops, have 

 been found to flourish luxuriantly on this soil. 



The analyses of all the foregoing soils of this Division are given 

 below : 



(Method II.) 



i. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. Sieve. 

 Water. S? Chlorine. Nitrogen. 



15 



16 



13 



12 



17 



15 



15 



15 



16 



16 



18 



18 



15 



17 



16 



17 



15 



077 



15 



19 



16 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 

 3 mm. sieve. 



Phos- 



Lirne. Potash. phoric 



oxide. 



11 



26 



12 



14 



32 



28 



11 



25 



40 



31 



20 



15 



18 



16 



37 



094 



15 



15 



16 



094 



20 



