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Analysis of the Holstein soil and Manitoba soil compared ; 



Holstein Excess of Properties of 



Soil. Manitoba Soil. 



Potash 30 198.7 



Sodium 20 13.8 



Phosphoric acid 40 29.4 



Lime 130 552.6 



Magnesia 10 6.1 



Nitrogen 40 446.1 



Analytical Laboratory, Surgeons' Hall, 



Edinburgh, 14th December, 1876. 

 Analysis of Sample of Manitoba Soil. 



Moisture 21.364 



Organic matter containing nitrogen equal to ammonia, 23°. 11.223 



Saline matter : 



Phosphates 0.472 



Carbonate of lime 1.763 



Carbonate of magnesia 0.937 



Alkaline salts 1.273 



Oxide of iron 3.115 



7.560 



Silicious matter : 



Sand and silica 51.721 



Alumina 8.132 



59.853 



100.000 



The above soil is very rich in organic matter, and contains the full 

 amount of the saline fertilizing matters found in all soils of a good bearing 



quality. 



(Signed) Stephenson Macadam, M.D., 



Lecturer on Chemistry, etc. 



The soil is so rich that it does not require the assistance of 

 manure for many years after the first ploughing, and, in most places, 

 the loam is so deep that it is practically inexhaustible. All the 

 cereals grow and -ripen in great abundance, but wheat or oats are 

 especially well adapted to both the soil and climate. The wheat 



