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Two samples of soil, No. 1 a surface soil, and No. 2 the 8ul>aoil 

 below it, from the farm Nieshoutfontein, or Sueezewood, were collected 

 from a plantation of young cluster pines in the vicinity of Mr. James 

 Cole's private forest. Attempts had been made in the neighbourhood, 

 both by the Government Forest Department and by private persons, to 

 grow Cluster Pine, but the results had not been satisfactory at least not 

 until the young trees had attained to some years of growth. The soil, 

 which was taken from a gentle slope, is of a clayey nature, with some 

 five or six inches surface deposit of decayed vegetable growth. Under- 

 lying the surface soil, at varying depths, is a yellow shale. 



Soil No. 3 was taken from the farm Kippendavie, part of the farm 

 Hopewell (A.4) and lying on the Umzimkulu River, about four miles 

 from Umzimkulu village in a southerly direction. The soil represents 

 lands whereon tobacco was being cultivated; the tobacco which it pro- 

 duced was said to be altogether too strong for smoking purposes. The 

 piece of land whence the sample was taken is situated in a valley, and 

 the soil is deep and sweet. 



Below are the results of analysis : 



(Method I.) 



No. 



1. 



2. 



Percent, of Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 nim. Percentage of Soil sifted 



Field Sieve. through ^ mm. Sieve. 



Sample. Phos- 



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



matter. oxide. 



99-2 

 99-0 



7-51 

 7-41 



17-19 

 12-18 



0106 

 0502 



350 

 203 



010 

 010 



037 

 041 



087 

 042 



(Method IL) 



Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm. 

 Sieve. 



No. 

 3. 



Water. 

 7-71 



Organic 

 ma ter. 



11-42 



Chlorine. 

 0007 



Nitrogen. 



084 



Percentage of Soil sifted 

 through 3 mm. Sieve. 



Ph os- 

 Lime. Potash. phoric 

 oxide. 



697 '052 '017 



Collector. 

 C. F. Juritz. 



Of these soils, Nos. 1 and 2 show very poor results in all mineral 

 plant food. No. 3 is deficient in every respect except as regards lime. 



UNIONDALE. 



(Officially collected.) 



Farm or plrce. 



Kamnassie Wagen Drift. 



Gold Diggings. 



Uitvlugt. 



Avontuur. 



Vyge Kraal. 



Misgund. 



Klipheuvel. 



Krakeel River. 



Oude Post. 



Dwaas. 



Wilgehouts Rivier. 



Roode Heuvel. 



