No. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 

 4. 



140 



The following results were obtained by chemical analysis : 



(Method I.) 



Here too phosphates are very low in quantity, being absolutely de- 

 ficient in the first and last samples. No. 4 is, in fact, lacking in all mineral 

 plant food. Nos. 2 and 3 contain fair proportions of phosphoric oxide, but 

 are poor in lime ; especially ia this true of the subsoil No. 3 ; both these 

 soils, however, have a satisfactory proportion of potash. 



WODEHOUSE. 



No. Field Cornetcy. 



1. Groote Vlei. 



2. 



3. 



(Privately collected.) 



Farm or place. 

 De Boulogne. 



Collector. 

 B. F Weir. 



These three samples represent alluvial soils, and were collected on 

 the farm De Boulogne, now known as Fair Hope, in a valley at the foot 

 of the Stormberg Range, on the Indwe railway line, between Halseton 

 Station and Birds River Siding. The soil is a clayey loam, apparently 

 uniform to a depth of ten to fifteen feet. Under favourable conditions 

 the lauds have yielded heavy wheat crops, but needed frequent watering, 

 as on drying deep cracks were apt to make their appearance. 



The analyses of these soils resulted as follows : 



(Method I.) 



No. 



1. 

 2. 

 3. 



Percent, of Percentage of Soil rifted through 1 mm. Percentage of Soil sifted 



Field Sieve. through mm. Sieve. 



Sample. Phos- 



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



matter. oxide. 



99-5 6-94 

 98-3 10-08 

 92-4 5-94 



6-36 



10-75 



6-05 



0198 

 1372 

 0078 



130 

 344 

 158 



232 

 852 

 346 



341 -074 

 237 '069 

 235 '145 



Here again, as in the Division of Queenstown, the soil is inclined to 

 be brack; there are clear evidences of this in Nos. 1 and 2, if the pro- 

 portions of chlorine in those soils be taken as indication. In other respects 

 too the soila resemble those of the Queenstown Division; they are weli 

 furnished, for example, with lime and potash. 



