TACONIC DISTRICT. 247 



Soil near Fitch's pctiiit, Salem, Washington county. 

 Uncultivated ; leddisli brown. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 1-00 



Vegetable matter 2-50 



Silex 87-00 



Peroxide of iron 5*20 



Alumina 3-05 



Manganese 0-25 



Carbonate of lime l-OO 



100-00 

 This is a local soil, derived from silico-ferniginous rock, in wliicb tliert! is sullicient lime 

 to effervesce ; but a large proportion of the lime is lost when it has disintegrated. It is a 

 warm soil, upon which the herbage is sweet; and were it extensive, it would form tln' 

 best of grazing lands. 



The soil of the plains about Salem is mostly drift, in which cobblestones of Potsdam 

 sandstone are quite common. It is rarely sufficiently tight to retain manures well, and 

 yet they are not excessively Icachy. Fine crops of corn are raised upon these lands ; and 

 the slopes of the hills form excellent grazing grounds, being dry and warm. 



Soil of the plains and meadows at Fitch's point. 



The farm of Dr. Fitch has been long under cultivation ; and the meadow, being at some 

 distance from the barn, has received but little manure. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 3-50 



Organic matter 9-25 



Silex 77-50 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 7*12 



Carbonate of lime 0-10 



Phosphate of lime 0-06 



Magnesia 0-50 



99-03 

 Soil ill Washington county. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water of absorption 7-18 



Organic matter 6-12 



Silex - 79-72 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 6-12 



Carbonate of lime 0-10 



Phosphate of lime 0-06 



Magnesia 0-50 



99-80 



