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P. A. 1. Rich alluvial soil. 

 Deep loamy soil. 

 Dark friable clayey soil, well drained and easily 



laboured. 



All in the best condition for labour, free from 



stones and superfluous water; in good heart, 



requiring no outlay whatever, except for the 



crop. To be marked in fields as in margin. 



P. A. 2. Similar in quality to the above, but not quite 



in so perfect condition. 



P. A. 3. Evidently prime land as to its natural qualities, 

 but deteriorated by insufficient drainage, 

 by the presence of occasional boulder stones 

 impeding labour, by injudicious or imper- 

 fect fences, or by local circumstances of an 

 unfavourable character. 



SECT. 3. MEDIUM ARABLE SOILS. This class comprehends 

 light siliceous soils of easy culture, better adapted for green 

 crops and oats than wheat ; also argillaceous soils, pro- 

 ductive of wheat but difficult to labour ; as 

 M. A. 1. Loamy soils, not deep. 



Siliceous soils, with a fine proportion of de- 

 composed organic matter. 

 Clayey soils of medium quality. 

 Sheltered pasturage of average good quality. 

 Kindly soils, not deep, but productive and 



easily laboured. 

 The above tolerably dry, well fenced, and free 



from stones. 



M. A. 2. Soils similar to the above, but not so well 

 drained, fenced, or situated, occasional rocks 

 or large boulders impeding the labour, 

 fences imperfect or injudicious ; clay soils, 

 retentive ; also moory soils, reclaimed, with 

 good subsoil. 



M. A. 3. Medium land, shallow, steep, exposed ; or 

 badly drained, fenced, or cleared. Bog land 

 with inferior subsoil. 



