56 THE MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF SOILS [chap. 



farmyard manure or town dung are available, straw- 

 berries being a favourite crop. 



Soil No. 2 was taken from the Stackyard field of the 

 farm of the Royal Agricultural Society at Woburn, and 

 represents a light sandy loam, early, and extremely easy 



to work in any weather. Owing to the preponderance 

 of coarse sand, it suffers somewhat from drought and 

 rarely carries heavy crops ; and though responding well 

 to manuring, the soil is hungry and does not long retain 

 organic manures. The soil contains enough silt to 

 possess a distinct power of lifting the subsoil water by 



