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VII. Garden soil, Heidelberg—3-fold amount of cold 
water (Grouven). 
VII. Poor, sandy soil, Bickendorf—3-fold amount of 
cold water (Grouven). 
IX. Clay soil, beet field, Liebesnitz, Bohemia, extract- 
ed with 9.6 times its weight of water (R. Hoffmann), 
X. Peat, Meronitz, Bohemia, extracted with 16 times 
its weight of water (R. Hoffmann). 
XI. Peaty soil of meadow, extracted with 8 times its 
weight of water (R. Hoffmann). 
XII. §$andy soil, Moldau Valley, Bohemia, treated with 
twice its weight of water (R. Hoffmann). 
XIII. Salt meadow, Stollhammer, Oldenburg (Harms). 
XIV. Excellent beet soil, Magdeburg (Hellriegel). 
XV. Poor beet soil, but good grain soil, Magdeburg 
(Hellriegel). j 
XVI. Experimental soil, Ida-Marienhiitte, Silesia, treat- 
ed with 2} times its weight of cold water (Killenberg). 
XVII. Soil from farm of Dr. Geo. B. Loring, Salem, 
Mass., treated with twice its weight of water (W. G. 
Mixter). 
MATTERS DISSOLVED BY WATER FROM 100,000 PARTS OF 
VARIOUS SOILS. 
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ra 8a] 2 (8 SEslgs 
s/| 8/3] s | 88] § |Ss] § Se8i88] 8 
Fle /s/ 3 | ss] 8 [Ss] & Bssies 
S|] /@!] $ [Ag] 8 [Sq] B SSsiSs] & 
18 2 /13 8 2 1 5 11 5 63] 134 
5 214) 3 54 |trace |trace |trace 4y%| 6%] 2) 51 
6 1 | 4 4 — |trace 1 2 2 23) 43 
10 |trace | 1 2 — |trace 1 11 3 18) 46 
34 718 13 = = 36] 136 
17 3/9 T%| 5 2%) 64%! 13%] 1 22) 87 
23 ly! 7 44%) 1%; 1%} 1 2 30) 110 
8 Y%| %| 3s84\trace 1 1%] 20 - 10 
‘ 33% «8%| 44) 9 5 3%| 18 |trace | — 40) 14% 
1 1 |4 12 {trace 302 |trace | 77% | 449/1095 
92 21 24 |trace |trace | 11 2 | 230; 425- 
1 2% 1 |trace |trace |trace |trace | — 33; 39% 
"9 16 | 476 — | 407 44 — | 170/1393 
19 3/3 5 1 4 4 20 3 88| 150 
5 | 3 4 1 5 3 15 2 83] 147 
6%, 2 | 1 3 Yl BY; 3Y%| 12 ud 12) 53 
2 ley! 1 ‘iol 7% 1%! 17 | 121 55% 
