There is apparently a general resemblance, both chemical and phy- 

 sical, between the soils of this division and those of the adjoining divisions 

 of Albert on the west, and Colesberg on the east : they are all fairly fine 

 grained soils, not inadequately furnished with lime in the condition o-f 

 plant food, and moderately supplied with phosphates. The Karroo rocks 

 of the Stormberg series, wherein lime strata are specially prominent, are 

 apparently responsible for these features. Between the Steynsburg and 

 the Colesberg soils particularly, the similarity in respect of plant food is 

 very strong, as may be seen from the following comparative figures : 



Division. 



Colesberg. 

 Steynsburg. 



The samples available for comparison were these from Oorlogspoort 

 (numbered 1 to 6) in the Colesberg Division, and the nine from Steyns- 

 burg analysed according to the same method. The latter differ materially 

 from the former in one respect only, namely, in regard to the amounts of 

 chlorides they contain : this point will be dealt with again in connection 

 with the subject of alkaline soils. 



STOCKENSTROM. 



(Privately collected.) 



No. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 



Field Cornetcy. 

 Mancazana. 



Balfour. 



Farm or p^ace. 

 Ebenezer West. 



Upsher. 



Collector. 

 H. H. Davison. 



J. Berwinger. 



A large portion of this division is devoted to the cultivation of 

 tobacco, and four soils were taken for analysis from the Government 

 Tobacco Farm at Ebenezer West: they would appear to be, for general 

 purposes, fairly well furnished with lime, and also, except in the case of 

 No. 3, with potash. All fo'Ur, however, stand in need of phosphoric 

 oxide. 



No. 5 represents a soil which is used for tobacco culture at Upsher. 



The results of the analysis of these soils are as follows : 



(Method II.) 



No. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 

 5. 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. Sieve. 

 Water. Organic Chlorine. Nitrogen. 



1-75 



2-22 

 2-86 

 4'34 

 1-84 



Organic 



matter. 



3-12 

 3-81 

 5-07 

 7-39 

 5-50 



0036 

 0034 

 0023 

 0022 

 014 



088 

 10 

 10 

 20 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through 3 mm. Sieve. 



Phos- 

 Potash. 



Lime. 



32 



44 

 22 

 60 

 84 



16 



17 

 097 

 15 

 3? 



phoric 

 oxide. 



049 

 048 

 031 

 045 

 13 



