AQtrEOUS SOLUTION OF THE SOIL. 



nis 



been running full for several hours in consequence of a 

 heavy rain. The soil was of good quality. He found : 



IN 100,000 PARTS OF DRAIN-WATER. 



34.8 13.8 



Prof. Way has made a series of elaborate examinations 

 on drain-waters furnished by Mr. Paine, of Farnham, 

 Surrey. The wateis were collected from the pipes (4-5 

 ft. deep) of thorough-di-ained fields in December, 1855, 

 and in most cases were the Jjrst flow of the ditches after 

 the autumn rains. The soils, with exception of 7 and 8, 

 were but a few years before in an impoverished condition, 

 but had been brought up to a high state of fertility by ma- 

 nuring and deep tillage. {Jour. Hoy. Ag. jSoc, XVII, 133.) 



IN 100,000 PAHTS OP DRAIN-WATER. 



W/wat 

 field. 



Hop 



Hop 



field. 



4 

 Wheat 

 field. 



5 



W/t^ai 

 field. 



6 1 



Hop Hop 

 field, field. 



Potash 



Soda 



Lime 



Maj^iiesia 



Oxide or iron and ahimina 



Silica 



Chlorine 



Sulphuric acid 



Phosphoric acid 



Nitric acid 



Ammonia 



Soluble organic matter 



Total 



^ 14 



trace 

 1.4.3 

 6.93 

 0.97 

 0.59 

 1.35 

 1.00 

 2.35 

 trace 



10. ai 

 0.025 



10. OU 



trace 

 3.10 



10.24 

 3.. 31 

 O.OT 

 0.G4 

 1.57 

 7.35 

 0.17 



21. ('5 

 0.025 



10.57 



158.1 



0.03 

 3.23 

 8.64 

 3.54 

 0.14 

 0.78 

 1.84 

 6.23 

 trace 

 18.17 

 0.02c 

 17.85 



0.(17 

 1.24 



0!58 

 none 

 1.71 

 1.16 

 2.44 

 trace 

 2.78 

 0.017 

 8.00 



trace 

 2.03 

 3.60 

 0..30 

 1.85 

 2.57 

 1.80 

 1.84 

 0.11 

 4.93 

 0.025 

 8.14 



0.01 h-ace 



2.00 4.57 



8 31 18.50 



1.33 I 3.57 



0.50 

 0.93 

 1.73 

 4.45 

 0.09 

 11.50 

 0.025 



O.T 

 1.21 

 3.74 



13.58 

 0.17' 



16.35 

 0.009 



10.57 



.5251 21.227 I 27.195 39.455172.979 



