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VIII. TABLE MOUNTAIN SERIES SOILS. 



Division. 



Bredasdorp. 

 Caledon. 



Ceres. 



Farm . 



The Hope. 

 Gloria. 



Geelbeks Vlei. 

 Isaaks Rivier. 

 Riet Vallei. 



George. 



Knysna. 



Ou tshoorn. 

 Pa rl. 



Robertson. 



Swellendam. 

 Tulbagh. 

 Union dale. 



Worcester. 



Outspan Reserve 



Woodville. 



Diep River. 



Grootfontein. 



Schoonberg. 



Geelhoutboom. 



Roode Kraal. 



Balmoral. 



Millwood. 



Portland Heights. 



Portland. 



Ashby. 



Holt Hill. 



Saffraan River. 



Keerweder. 



M 



La Dauphine. 

 La terre de Luque. 



Zand Drift. 

 Concordia. 



Rietvallei. 



Tradouws Hoek. 



Doornboom. 



Gold Diggings. 



Avontuur. 



Misgund. 



Klipheuvel. 



Krakeel River. 



Slanghoek. 

 ,, De Dooms. 



Stettin. 



,, Wagenboom. 



,, Vendutie Kraal. 



,, Karbonaatjes Kraal. 



It will be observed that in no single instance does the reserve stock 

 of either lime or potash rise as high as '1 per cent., and only in one case, 

 that of the soil from the farm Slanghoek, in the Worcester Division, does 

 the percentage of phosphoric oxide exceed '1. The average percentages 

 of the reserve plant food in these 46 sandstone soils are as follows : 



Lime '034 



Potash -031 



Phosphoric oxide '036 



Lying comformably abo<ve the Table Mountain series are beds of what 

 is known as the Bokkeveld series. These consist of alternate layers of 

 shales and sandstones, the lower bands of the series being fossiliferous. 

 It would, perhaps, have been difficult to predict, without previous prac- 

 tical agricultural experience, what would be revealed by chemical analy- 

 sis of soils derived entirely from the Bokkeveld beds; nor is it easy to 



