Of the four soils representing the Elliot-Slang River District, a partial 

 mechanical analysis was made of one, No. 3, with the following results : 



Pebbles 

 Coarse gravel 

 Fine gravel 

 Coarse sand 

 Fine earth ... 



> 3 mm. -38% 



3 2 mm. -58% 



2 1 mm. 1-39% 



1 J mm. 6-87% 



< mm. 90-78% 



The sample examined, as previously stated, typifies a red soil of fino 

 texture, and one of the most productive in the district : chemically, there 

 are other soils in the neighbourhood which are better, but in these soils 

 the conditions of environment more than counterbalance their chemical 

 superiority. 



Similar mechanical analyses have been made in the case of the soils 

 from Elsenburg numbered 3 to 19 in the Stellenbosch Division list. The 

 following are the results of these analyses : 



No. 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 



Pebbles 

 > 3 mm. 



2'38 



1-55 



1-47 



1-18 



1-64 



2-12 



14-02 



22-90 



13-19 



12-85 



1-96 



1-34 



1-17 



1-91 



2-96 



13-11 



1-62 



Coarse 



gravel 



3 2 mm. 



37 

 49 

 68 

 72 



40 

 22 



2-82 



1-57 



5-55 



5-44 



79 



95 



83 



1-17 



2-35 



3-61 



1-83 



Fine 



gravel 



2 1 mm. 



1-76 



1-68 



2-30 



2-40 



1-80 



1-36 



7-06 



4-55 

 11-96 

 10-96 



3-34 



3-25 



Coarse 



sand 



1 - mm. 



12-11 



9-31 

 11-59 

 11-35 

 16-37 

 14-53 

 15-30 

 11-89 

 15-48 

 15-64 

 15-20 

 15-70 

 10-83 



5-37 

 15-49 



7-78 



9-32 



Fine 

 earth 

 J mm. 



83-38 

 86-97 

 83-96 

 84-35 

 79-79 

 81-77 

 60-80 

 59-09 

 53-82 

 55-11 

 78-71 

 78-76 

 83-27 

 88-49 

 72-09 

 71-43 

 83-63 



Nos. 18 and 19 of these soils contained a great proportion of ironstone 

 gravel, and, on reference to their chemical analyses, it will be seen that 

 they are both very poor. 



Fourteen soils representing the Paarl Division were examined in like 

 manner, with the results stated in the following table. As in the last 

 table, the serial reference number connects each analysis with the sample 

 in the list of Paarl soils already given : 



No. 



20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 28 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 



Pebbles 

 > 3mm. 



13-8 

 5-4 

 7-2 

 3'2 

 Nil. 



13-6 

 2-4 

 3-2 

 9-8 



12-8 



2 



4-6 



19-6 



28-1 



Coarse 



sand 



1 i mm. 



10-8 

 13-0 

 15-0 



5-2 

 4 



6-6 

 14-8 

 21-2 

 13-6 

 13-4 

 14-2 

 12-4 

 14-2 

 14-0 



Fine 

 earth 

 mm. 



37-0 

 f>7'2 

 69-0 

 88-6 

 99-3 

 77-8 

 70-2 

 46-8 

 47-6 

 21-0 

 66-2 

 65-6 

 8-6 

 19-5 



