In the Field-Conietcy of Huis River, No. 9, a rather loose, gravelly 

 clay was taken from uncultivated parts in lucerne camps on the farm 

 Hoeko, belonging to Mr. W. van der Merwe. Mr. Van der Merwe's cattle 

 graze on the heights above the Touws River; manure, consequently, is 

 rather difficult to procure on the farm, and costs too much to transport. 

 The soil, however, is fairly rich in plant food. No. 10, a. fine, sandy, 

 alluvial soil, was taken, on the farm Weltevreden, from the gardens in the 

 valley, and : i locally considered poorer than No. 9, which was collected 

 from camps along the hill slopes : the analysis certainly does bear out that 

 opinion. No. 11, a red sandy soil, was taken from the garden plots of the 

 Rev. Mr. Kretzen, at Zoar, the Mission Station. 



At Amalienstein three samples were collected: No. 12, a rather sandy 

 soi], was taken from lands near the main road, on the way from Zoar to 

 Amalienstein. No. 13, a fairly stiff red clayey soil, was taken from the 

 garden of the Rev. C. Prozesky. No. 14 represented a loose, somewhat 

 sandy clay, from lands to the left of the road from Amalienstein to Calitz- 

 <lorp. The crops, which were just being harvested, were exceptionally 

 poor, the result principally of very servere drought and scarcity of kraal 

 manure. At the farm Opzoek No. 15 was sampled a rather stiff, clay 

 soil, said to be very good from the farmer's standpoint. It contains a good 

 quantity of lime and potash, and a fair supply of phosphates. 



Buffelsfontein was the next place visited more of a village than a 

 farm situated on the left bank of the Groot River, south-east of Ladi- 

 smith. The soil along the river-bed is similar to that at Buffels Vallei, 

 higher up on the Buffels River, and consequently no sample was taken 

 here. On the heights? above are several gardens, in a loose, sandy clay, of 

 which No. 16 is a typical sample, collected from the garden of Mr. J. T. 

 van Wyk. This soil is not considered to be as rich as that in the valley 

 Ijelow. 



The following table shows the results of the chemical analyses of the 

 soils above described : 



(Method I.) 



No. 



1. 



2 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 



Percent, of 



Field 



Sample. 



Fine earth. 



60-5 

 90-8 

 65-0 

 71*4 

 97-5 

 56-3 

 79-6 

 85-3 

 45-5 

 81'0 

 67'1 

 56'7 

 74-5 

 77-3 

 86-0 

 86-8 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 

 1 mm. Sieve. 



Water. 



64 



1-84 



93 



73 



92 



1-54 



95 



93 



1-36 



85 



1-04 



61 



1-42 



1-07 



4*04 



1-66 



Organic 

 matter. 



2-36 

 5'55 

 4-04 

 3-12 

 4-39 

 7-08 

 3-72 

 4-08 

 7'65 

 3-86 

 4-49 

 4-06 

 4-32 

 3-52 

 6-94 

 4'97 



Chlorine. Nitrogen. 



0297 

 1825 

 0134 

 0156 

 0775 

 0134 

 0255 

 0095 

 0071 

 0332 

 0318 

 0042 

 0138 

 0966 

 0081 

 0219 



043 

 112 

 126 

 070 

 098 

 203 

 098 

 105 

 203 

 126 

 133 

 057 

 084 

 057 

 161 

 126 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 

 Lirne. Potash. phoric 



056 

 138 

 332 

 128 

 344 

 102 

 102 

 036 

 138 

 094 

 256 

 088 

 470 

 148 

 522 

 150 



