Nc. 



1. 



2. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 Kenhardt. 



65 

 KENHARDT. 



(Officially collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Rooiberg. 



Collector. 

 Dr. E. A. Nobba. 



These two sa-mples were collected from irrigable lands between the 

 dam and the village of Kenhardt: the land consists, for the most part, of 

 a fine red sand, of which No. 1 is an example, varying in depth, and pasa- 

 ing into a red silt of even finer grain, No. 2. 



No. 

 3. 



4. 



R. 



(Privately collected.) 



Field Cornetcy. Farm or plac. Collector. 



Kenhardt. Rooiberg. Engineer, Pub. Wks. Dept. 



> j 



A. G. Strong. 



Nos. 3 and 4 were collected respectively from the front third and 

 from the centre of the Rooiberg Dam. No. 5 had previously been taken 

 from the site of the dam, as representative of the lands proposed to be 

 irrigated. 



The analyses of these samples are recorded in the following tables : 



(Method I.) 



No. 



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



Field 1 mm. Siere. through mm. Sieve. 



Sample. Phos- 



Fine earth. Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen. Lime. Potash, phoric 



matter. . oxide. 



No. 

 5. 



(Method II.) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Sieve. 



Water. 

 5-80 



Organic 

 matter. 



5-22 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. 

 0038 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through 3 mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 



Lime. Potash. phoric 

 oxide, 



999 



154 



156 



KIMBERLEY. 



(Officially collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 Schoolplaats. 



Waterfall. 

 Warrenton. 



Collector. 

 Dr. E. A. Nobbs. 



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