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SCIENCE AND FRUIT GROWING 



CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL AT RIDGMONT AND MILLBROOK, 

 BY TREATMENT WITH HYDROCHLORIC ACID, AFTER 

 DRYING AT 100 C. 



From the mechanical analyses it will be seen that the soil at 

 the Upper Station at Ridgmont, A, contains a large proportion 

 of coarse sand, nearly 50 per cent., but not corresponding 

 proportions of the next two grades, sand and meal; and this 

 fact, coupled with high proportion of clay present, indicates 

 that it is essentially a clay soil, into which there has been an 

 irruption of a coarse, sandy soil. This is emphasised by the 

 character of lower depths of the soil, for when the third 9 inches 



