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COMPOSITION OF EOTHAMSTED SOIL 



and fine earth for successive layers 9 inches thick, down to 

 depth of 3 feet, on each of the chief experimental fields :— 



Table XI. 



The mechanical analyses set out in Table XII. show that 

 the Eothamsted soil is fairly uniform in the diff'erent fields, and 



Table XII. — Mechanical Analysis of Bothamsted Soils. 



consists essentially of a heavy loam containing little coarse sand 



