346 



EXPEimiEXT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Table of Miscellaneous Soil Analyses {Per Cent.) — Concluded. 



SODBCE. 



Webster, ...... 



Wellesiey, 



Westfield, 



Westminster, ..... 



West Newton 



West Springfield (average 14 samples), 



Weymouth, 



Whately 



Whately 



Williamstown, ..... 



Winter Hill 



Worcester, 



Worcester, ...... 



1.77 

 .95 

 .28 



1.14 

 .97 

 .34 



1.07 

 .94 

 .18 

 .92 



1.23 



1.57 



European Standakds for Comparison (Hilgard).^ 

 Practical Bating of Soils hy Plant Food Percentages.^ 



In ca.so of the above analyses of Massachusetts soils, the pot- 

 ash percentage varies from .01 to 1.02, with an average of .26; 

 the phosphoric acid from .01 to .08, with an average of .21 ; 

 the lime from .06 to 3.57, with an average of .71, and the ni- 

 trogen from .02 to 2.42, averaging .30. 



• Soils, p. 343. 



s According to tlie late Prof. Max. Maercker of the Halle Station, Germany. 



