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Water, 3 per cent 



Organic matter, - 3i do 



Mineral matter, 931^ do 



100 parts. 



Its organic matter — 



Soluble manures, 2 per cent, 



_h 



3i as above. 



Insoluble do li do 



Its saline matter — 



Soluble saline matter, 2| per cent 



Consisting of potash, soda, azotized body as N. H. with no trace of 

 lime, phosphoric, or sulphuric acid. The cause of sterility is ihe evi- 

 dent want of lime, the phosphates and sulphates, without which no 

 crop can be raised. 



Improved Soil — mould and lime added. 



Its mechanical texture is a loam — 60 per cent of sand. 



It consists of water, 5 per cent. 



Organic matter, 5 do 



Carbonate and other salts, 6 do 



Lime, sand, clay and other minerals, 84 do 



100 parts. 



Organic matter — 



Soluble manures, 3 per cent. 



Insoluble do 2 do 



5 as above. 



Mineral matter — 



Soluble 6 per cent ; consisting of potash, soda, lime, N. H., and 

 phosphoric acid. 



It is still wanting in some of the valuable mineral substances. — 

 But I think it is very probable that sulphuric acid is present, though 

 in such small proportion, that it cannot be correctly determined by 

 analysis. Of magnesia and the metalic oxides, which are absent, 



