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taken had been found to give much trouble, owing to its tendency to 

 form lumps after ploughing, and when water had been put on to the land 

 once or twice, it became compact and impermeable, and hence difficult to 

 work. 



The results of the analyses* are as follows : 



(Method I.) 



The soils represented by both these samples are rich in lime, and are 

 .also well supplied with nitrogen and potash ; phosphoric oxide is present 

 in fair quantity, so that the defects above referred to have their origin 

 apparently solely in the physical condition of the soil. 



RIVERSDALE. 



(Officially collected.) 



i. 



2. 



3. 



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6. 



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9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 Onder Duivenhoks River. 



Vette River. 

 

 

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Krombeks Rivier. 

 Riversdale. 



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5) 

 



Valsch Rivier. 



Buff els Kraal. 



>j 



>j 

 Kaffir Kuils Rivier. 



Farm or place. 



Oude Muragie. 



Jan Piena&r's Rivier. 



Honigfontein. 



Water Gat. 



Brak Rivier. 







Kweek Kraal. 

 Vette Rivier. 

 Oude Bosch. 

 Spiegel Rivier. 





 Novo. 



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Klein Rivier. 

 Kruis Rivier. 

 Doom Kraal. 

 Assegaai Bosch. 

 Bosjesfontein. 

 Middelste Drift. 

 Zandfontem. 



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Uroge Rug. 

 Hooge Kraal. 

 Tartouwa. 



Collector. 

 J. Muller. 



Broadly speaking, this division comprises three distinct belts of 

 country, t clearly recognisable by the agricultural community; they run 

 from east to west, and each possesses a different type of soil. First of all 



* For mechanical analyses of these soils tee under " Physical composition of soils " 

 (Part VII.). t See page 29. 



