310 ANALYSES OF SOILS. | 1 



ANALYSIS. 



Water and vegetable matter 6*00 



Silicates 85-00 



Carbonate of lime 0*75 



Magnesia 0*25 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 8*12 



100-12 

 The silex is nearly in the form of rounded grains of quartz. 



Soil frovi near Loon lake, in Chemung county : uncultivated. 



ANALYSIS. . 



Water and vegetable matter (water principally) 8-50 



Silicates 8 1 -00 



Peroxide of iron and alumina 10-00 



Carbonate of lime 0-15 



Magnesia trace. 



99-65 



This soil is rather a stiff loam, and occupies one of the high vallies in Chemung county ; 

 it forms a favorable compound for pasturage. It is deficient in lime and magnesia, and 

 also in organic matter. Color yellow, and texture rather hard. 



Soil from Howard, Steuben county, 



ANALYSIS. 



Water and organic matter 9-50 



Silicates 80-50 



Peroxide of iron and alumina - 9-25 



Carbonate of lime 0-25 



Magnesia trace. 



99-50 



The color of the soil is drab ; it is easily reduced to a powder, and is not lumpy after being 

 wet. It is dry and granular in its natural state,^and is a tolerable grass soil. 



Soil from the eastern slope of the Schoharie range. 

 Decomposed cauda-galli grit. 



ANALYSIS. 



Water 1-50 



Silicates 88-50 



Peroxide of iron 3-25 



Alumina 5-28 



Carbonate of lime 0-06 



Magnesia trace. 



98-59 



