41) 



passing through any other part of the Division, it may, nevertheless, be 

 the cae that such a habit is prevalent throughout a much wider area, 

 and not peculiar to the stock in the parts where it was specially noticed. 



Samples 15 and 16 are dark valley soils from the farm Braemar, 

 which lies north-east of Cat-heart. The latter is the more clayey of the 

 two. On the lands represented by these samples mealies were reported 

 to do well. 



The following analytical figures were obtained : 



:N 7 o. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 



(Method I.) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 

 1 mm. Sieve. 



Organic 

 matter. 



3-77 

 1-84 

 2-30 

 2'99 

 5-82 

 5-24 

 5-12 

 5-88 

 3-29 

 3'97 

 3-20 

 1'90 

 2-40 

 2'56 

 3-06 

 3'59 

 3-35 

 3-07 

 2'85 

 3-30 

 3-05 

 5-55 

 1-76 

 4-72 

 3'34 

 3'99 

 4-98 

 7-60 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 



Lime. Potash. phoric 

 oxide. 



0244 

 0145 

 0376 

 0334 

 0731 

 0341 

 0341 

 0721 

 0060 

 0287 

 0028 

 0025 

 0129 

 0042 

 0240 

 0042 

 0325 

 0290 

 0268 

 0275 

 0197 

 0057 

 0050 

 0176 

 0046 

 0042 

 0042 

 0127 



098 

 053 

 070 

 084 

 126 

 112 

 112 

 171 

 081 

 084 

 133 

 070 

 084 

 105 

 140 

 133 

 076 

 090 

 076 

 056 

 056 

 182 

 028 

 140 

 112 

 119 

 091 

 154 



200 

 014 

 059 

 111 

 446 

 295 

 151 

 358 

 330 

 162 

 128 

 124 

 088 

 098 

 054 

 070 

 274 

 142 

 152 

 142 

 126 

 290 

 072 

 086 

 124 

 116 

 148 

 252 



033 

 014 

 066 

 099 

 172 

 188 

 179 

 208 

 121 

 122 

 095 

 162 

 070 

 078 

 067 

 042 

 057 

 070 

 066 

 080 

 090 

 175 

 137 

 102 

 160 

 124 

 126 

 139 



040 

 015 

 025 

 038 

 088 

 060 

 082 

 128 

 031 

 026 

 036 

 028 

 017 

 023 

 031 

 026 

 018 

 031 

 033 

 028 

 027 

 075 

 029 

 033 

 022 

 024 

 035 

 040 



On the whole, the plant food content in these Cathcart Division 

 soils is more satisfactory than in the neighbouring Division of Komgha : 

 taken all round, they possess a fair amount of available lime and potash, 

 l>ut the soils, which are all more or less of a clayey nature, exhibit de- 

 cided poverty in respect of phosphates, if judged by European and Ameri- 

 can standards, although in this connection a remark already made must 

 be borne in mind,* namely, that proportions of phosphoric oxide which 

 would be deemed inadequate in Europe, in this Colony frequently suffice to 

 yield satisfactory returns. There appears to be generally a larger amount 

 of chlorides present in these soils than that found in the Western Pro- 

 vince soils. 



See page 12. 



