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less sandy than the last, from the Dwyka formation on the farm Aan de 

 Doorn Rivier. It is rather brackish, and becomes stiffer as the depth 

 increases. At about two feet depth lime is found, overlying sand. When 

 manured with guano, the soil represented by this sample has given good 

 results as a vineyard. The veld around is sweet. From this sample an 

 idea is obtained of the soils lying between the Nuy, Hex, and Nonnas 

 Rivers. 



The next tract of country visited was the Field Cornetcy Voorste 

 Bosjesveld. Here samples 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 were collected. In No. 8 

 is represented the soil of medium quality found on the farm D Dooms. 

 This soil rests upon a clay subsoil, and, planted as a vineyard, is- stated 

 to yield good results. The farm Stettin contributed sample No. 9. The 

 land whence it was taken gave very discouraging results when put under 

 lucerne. The soil is somewhat clayey, overlying a white sandstone. This 

 sample was expected to compare unfavourably with many of the pre^ 

 vious samples, and the chemical results justify the anticipation. No. 10 

 was collected on the farm De Hoek, and represents a " Karroo" soil with 

 a clay subsoil. Together with No. 17, it represents the soils of the 

 Dwyka series in this division; these two soils have been found 

 to contain more available lime than any others in the western 

 part of the Division. No. 11 represents a sandy soil from Wagen- 

 boom, said to be rather fertile; it is a primary sandstone soil, and very 

 coarse grained at that; both practical experience and chemical analysis 

 generally find such soils to be very poor : the reputed fertility of this one 

 is therefore somewhat enigmatical. It was intended to devote the lands 

 represented by it to the cultivation of vines. At Matjes Kloof, No. 12, a 

 sample of what is termed " Karroo " soil was taken. Soil of this type is 

 being used for wheat. The " veld " in the vicinity is sweet, but the soil, 

 which lies on the Witteberg formation, is of the poor and sandy type 

 usually associated with the quartzites of the Witteberg series. 



In the Field Cornetcy Wagenbooms Rivier, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 

 collected. This area forms, as it were, the root of the tongue of Malmes- 

 bury slate which protrudes between the two sandstone ranges into the 

 Tulbagh Division.* Here, as there,' it is flanked on either side by sand- 

 stone mountains, and, except for the Wilge Rivier soils, the results of the 

 chemical analyses are similar. No. 1 is a very productive alluvial soil of 

 good depth, taken on the farm Eendracht. Both vines and grain answer 

 well on this soil. Nos. 2 and 3 come from Wilge Rivier, where No. 2 

 represents the surface soil about one foot deep, and No. 3 the underlying 

 subsoil, a stiff yellow clay. This farm is famous for its vines; the vines 

 endure drought well, and are planted so as to get their roots into the clay 

 subsoil. On Mr. S. F. du Toit's farm Breede Rivier is found the soil re- 

 presented by No. 4 a dark clayey soil, overlying a yellow clay. It is 

 said to give good results with cereals, but Mr. Du Toit's intention was to 

 Utilise it as a vineyard. 



In the Field Cornetcy Goudini, three soils were sampled. No. 5 was 

 collected on the farm Slanghoek, and represents a dark clayey soil used for 

 vines, and overlying a red clay subsoil. No. 6 was taken from a dark, 

 somewhat sandy, alluvial soil, resting on a pot-clay subsoil, and representa- 

 tive of the land used ag a vineyard at Groot Eiland. No. 7 was taken 

 from the farm Klippe Drift, where a clay subsoil is brought to the surface 

 during tilling. 



* See page 135. 



