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Water of absorption.. 3*25 



Vcffetable matter 4-20 



Silcx 84-40 



Peroxide of iron 4'11 



Alumina 2'63 



Carbonate of lime 0-75 



Magnesia 0-65 ' 



. . . 98-99 



: ' Soil of Tribe's-hilL 



Derived directly from (lie Uiicn slate, and filled with fragments of the same ; effervesces 

 slight]}' with acids. , . 



ANALYSIS. 



Water of absorption 4-00 



Black organic matter 10-50 



Silex 74-80 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 6-40 



Carbonate of lime 2-08 



Sulpbate of lime 1-20 



Magnesia 0-40 



■ ■ - •• : 99-38 



Soil taken from a hill about four hundred feet above the Mohawk in Amsterdam, 



ANALYSIS. 



■ - '- Water of absorption 4-50 



Organic inattcr.. 4-75 



Silex 79-50 - ' 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 8-40 



• Carbonate of lime 1-09 



Magnesia. 0-40 



- - - ... 98-84 



/- '. ■ 



Soil four miles west of Littlefalls. 

 Cultivated meadow ; surface soil. 



ANALYSIS, ' 



Water of absorption 4-00 .•._,.■ 



Organic matter .... 12-00 ■ .. 



- Silex.. 71-78 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 10-25 



Phosphate of lime 0-07 



Carbonate of lime 1-50 



Magnesia 0-40 



100-00 

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