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Table V. Soils from the Holdrege Area 

 Humus 



Depth 



Field I, 

 Per Cent 



Field 2, Field 3, Field 4, 

 Per Cent i Per Cent Per Cent 



Field 5, 

 Per Cent 



Average, 

 Per Cent 



ist ft. 

 2d ft. . 

 3d ft. . 

 4th ft. 

 5th ft. 

 6th ft. 



1-37 

 .69 

 •37 

 .22 

 .16 

 •13 



1.44 

 •79 

 •44 

 • 25 

 .19 

 .15 



1.63 



1. 01 



.66 



•44 

 .22 

 .20 



1.70 

 •95 

 •70 

 • 58 

 .16 



1.90 

 •93 

 •39 

 .24 



•15 

 •13 



1.61 

 .87 

 •51 

 •34 

 ,18 

 .14 



Per Cent of Nitrogen in the Humus 



1st ft. 



7.6 



7-5 



6.8 



7.00 



6.5 



7-1 



Depth 



Table VI. Soils from the Hastings Area 

 Humus 



Field I. I Field 2, I Field 3, 

 Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent 



Field 4, 

 Per Cent 



Field 5. 

 Per Cent 



Average, 

 Per Cent 



1st ft. 

 2d ft. . 

 3d ft. . 

 4th ft. 

 5th ft. 

 6th ft. 



1.50 



.85 

 .42 

 .26 

 • 23 

 •13 



1.67 

 .92 

 •50 

 .41 

 .41 

 •30 



1-39 

 .84 

 .40 

 •17 

 .14 

 .10 



1.56 

 .91 

 •36 

 •30 

 .29 

 •15 



.42 

 • 79 

 .28 

 •15 

 •13 



^•51 

 .86 

 •39 

 •23 

 .22 



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Humus-Nitrogen Ratio 



1st ft. 

 2d ft. . 



8.77 

 8.94 



7-59 

 8.23 



923 

 9.78 



Per Cent of Nitrogen in the Humus 



8.i6 

 7-50 



8.40 

 8.67 



1st ft. 



8.40 



7^5 



8.0 



8.4 



7.6 



8.0 



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