KERRY WOODS. 



composed of fine earth and fragments of shale. In the clays over- 

 lying the Red Sandstone there is no differentiation into soil and 

 subsoil at a depth of 3 ft. 



To obtain accurate information as to the nature of the soils, 

 composite samples were taken of the soil and of the subsoil from 

 a number of holes on some of the sample plots. The mechanical 

 and chemical analyses of these were made at the Government 

 Laboratory under the kind supervision of Dr. Dobbie. The 

 methods of analysis used were those described in Hall and 

 Russell's Agriculture and Soils of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.* 



The following- statement gives particulars of the samples and 

 of the geological and sylvicultural conditions under which they 

 were taken. The number of each soil sample corresponds with 

 a volume sample plot, the depth of sampling being indicated in the 

 fourth column of the table below. 



*The symbol oo is used to indicate the depth of subsoil when the underlying solid 

 rock was not reached at 3 feet depth. 



The depth of soil generally is greater on the northern than en 

 the southern slopes owing to the fact that the rocks dip steeply 

 to the southwards, but even on the* summit of the hills there is 

 always a depth sufficient for tree growth. 



Mechanical Analysis. Table I. (Appendix A, pp. 50, 51) gives 



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