51 



The table below gives the results of the chemical analyses of the above 

 soils : 



(Method I.) 



P *Fie?d f Percentage of Soil sifted through Percentage of Soil sifted 

 t^ m j e 1 mm. Sieve. through mm. Sieve. 



Phoa- 



No. Fine earth. Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen. Lime. Potash, phoric 



matter. oxide 



97-0 

 80-7 

 98-3 

 98-0 

 80-5 

 80-2 

 94-2 



36 

 37 

 27 

 56 

 33 

 98 

 64 



1-93 

 1-86 

 1-41 

 2-55 

 5-48 

 4-28 

 2-81 



0049 



0130 



0067 



0123 



039 



019 



014 



077 

 091 

 084 

 112 

 102 

 074 

 074 



072 

 010 

 010 

 008 

 052 

 034 

 042 



015 

 015 

 012 

 017 



024 

 025 

 020 



022 

 028 

 010 

 032 

 040 

 041 

 052 



The areas represented by these soils are largely influenced by the 

 presence of rocks of the Table Mountain series, and the first four, in par- 

 ticular, lying in a tract of country practically surrounded by sandstone 

 mountains, can hardly be expected to be otherwise than poor in the chemi- 

 cal constituents of plant food. 



CLANWILLIAM. 



(Privately collected.) 



No. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



7. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 Bidouw. 



Farm or place. 



Matjes Rivier. 







Wupperthal. 

 Beukes Kraal. 



>j 

 Kromjne Rivier. 



Collector. 



P. Bomemisza. 

 Dr. Simon. 

 P. Bornemisza, 





 Dr. Simon. 





 P. Bornemisza, 



In this Division soils were collected from farms in/ tha Bidouw Field 

 Cornetcy, where tobacco is largely grown. The local practice has been, 

 to manure heavily, generally with goat manure, those areas which were 

 used for tobacco cultivation. 



The results of the analyses are given below : 



(Method II.) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Sieve. 



No. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 

 6. 

 7. 



Water. 



91 



67 

 2-10 



Organic, 

 matter. 



4-18 



6-42 

 8-60 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. 



024 

 023 

 003 

 134 

 075 

 170 

 020 



