TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 1 1. 



CHAPTER I. 



Reference to a former report. Dependence of seed on the perfection of the soil. 

 Nutrient matters necessary to animal life traced to the soil. Essential elements of 

 a good soil. Character and classification of the soils of the Eastern counties. 

 Importance of determining the smallest percentage of earthy matter in a vegetable 

 soil, which is compatible with a remunerating crop. Some elements more essential 

 to form a good soil than others. The organs of a plant are composed of different 

 elements. The extremes of certain kinds of soil. Remarks on the adaptation, 

 together with a statement of their composition. Soil of the Open Ground Prairie 

 in Carteret county. Pocoson and Swamp Lands. Soils of Hyde county. 8 22. 



CHAPTER II. 



The best soil of Dr. Long, of Hyde county its composition its yield of corn per 

 acre. Mr. Burroughs' soil of the north side of Mattamuskeet Lake. Amount of 

 inorganic matter which a crop of corn removes from the soil. Each organ to be 

 furnished with appropriate nutriment. Maize an exhausting crop. Soils from the 

 plantation of Gen. Blount. Gen. Blount's letter. 22 36. 



CHAPTER III. 



Topography of the Eastern counties, from Wake eastward to Onslow. Character of 

 the soil of the White Oak Desert. Mr. Francke's Pocoson and Swamp Lands. 

 The better kind of Gallberry Swamp Lands. Mr. McNeil's soil; will pay for 

 drainage. Barren soil of Bogue Sound, furnished by D. A. Humphrey, Esq. 

 Cause of barrenness of these soils. 36 48. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Soils of Jones county, taken from the plantation of J. H. Haughton, Esq. Composi- 

 tion of a brown earth overlying the marl. Recapitulation. 48 59. 



CHAPTER Y. 



FERTILIZERS. What constitutes a Fertilizer. Sources of Fertilizers. Those from 

 the vegetable kingdom consist of the ash. Ash of plants resembles in composition 

 the inorganic matter of soils. Quantity of fertilizing matter removed from the 

 soil by different plants. Methods to be adopted in order to prevent waste of 

 fertilizing matter. How restored. S9 78. 



CHAPTER VI. 



FBRTILIZERS (CONTINUED.) Marl beds. The different periods to which they belong, 

 and their relation to each other. 7889. 



CHAPTER VII. 



FERTILIZERS (CONTINUED.) Stone Marl its economical value. Composition of the 

 Green Sand of Cape Fear River. 89101. 



