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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



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



Source. 



Webster, ...... 



Wellesley, 



Westfield, 



Westminster 



West Newton, ..... 

 West Springfield (average 14 samples); 

 Weymouth, ..... 



Whately 



Whately, 



Williamstown, ..... 



Winter Hill 



Worcester, ...... 



Worcester, ...... 



1.25 



0.39 



.28 

 .29 

 .32 

 .14 

 .25 

 .24 

 .12 

 .13 

 .27 

 .27 

 .29 

 .14 



.03 

 .66 

 .25 

 .13 

 .25 

 .51 

 .11 

 .02 

 .20 

 .21 

 .18 

 .07 

 .05 



.28 

 .31 

 .30 

 .16 

 .36 

 .24 

 .58 

 .36 

 .37 

 .23 

 .45 

 .20 



1.77 

 .95 

 .28 



1.14 

 .97 

 .34 



1.07 

 .94 

 .18 

 .92 



1.23 



1.57 



EuiioPEAN Standards for Comparison (Hilgard).^ 

 Practical Bating of Soils by Plant Food Percentages.'' 



In case 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 .98, 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. 



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



