466 FRUIT CULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ' 



The following is the first analysis : 



No. 1. 



Combined water and organic water 13.560 



Silica arid silicates, etc 79.647 



Alumina and oxide of iron 5. 393 



Lime 0.023 



Magnesia , 0.012 



Potash 0.072 



Soda 0.020 



Chloride of sodium 0.047 



Phosphoric oxide 0.042 



Sulphuric oxide 0.024 



Moisture... 1.160 



100. 000 



Nitrogen = ammonia 0. 163. 

 Capacity for absorbing and retaining moisture 7 



Mr. McKay states that the small proportion of lime in this soil is its 

 greatest defect, and that it would require to be enriched with bone ma- 

 nures. 



The next analysis is from the same property, but from garden land, 

 where cultivation has been carried on during many years and which 

 had received careful manuring in a manner suitable for shale soils : 



No. 2. 



Organic matter and moisture (of the whole bulk) 14. 50 



Sandy matter or silica (of the whole bulk) 75.00 



Clay, or alumina, and iron (of the whole bulk) 6.60 



Carbonic acid Traces. 



Lime (of the whole bulk) 0.04 



Magnesia Traces. 



Chloride of sodium (of the whole bulk) 0.02 



Phosphoric acid (of the whole bulk) 0.01 



Sulphuric acid : Traces. 



Loss by water, etc., (of the whole bulk) 3.72 



Nitrogen = ammonia 0. 25. 

 Capacity for absorbing and retaining water 8 



With reference to this analysis Mr. McKay remarks that the soil could 

 be limed heavily, with advantage. 



The next analysis is from the old orange country, natural soil forma- 

 tion, from location about 3 miles northerly from the town of Paramatta : 



No. 3. 



Organic matter and water 14. 00 



Sand or silica 74.50 



Clay, or alumina 10.00 



Carbonic acid Trace. 



Lime Trace. 



Magnesia 0.05 



Potash Trace. 



Phosphoric oxide Trace. 



* Capacity for absorbing and retaining moisture 6 



* All the foregoing soils are absorbent of water and retentive of it, in proportion to 

 the .state of cultivation. The cultivated land No. 2 stands best in this respect and is 

 rated as 8, as a standard for the analyses. 



