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Appendix II. 



Composition of the Four Prairie Soils^ showing the 

 Portion soluble in Acids and the Portion insoluble. 





No. I. 



No. 11. 



No. IE. 



No. IV. 



SOLTJBLK. 



^-Organic matter and -water of Com- ) 

 bmation , \ 



7-54 



2*80 

 4*95 

 ■44 

 •45 

 •65 

 trace. 

 •08 

 •07 



•74 



(82*28) 



3-87 

 •93 

 •68 



1-04 



•82 



75-04 



5*76 



1*57 

 2*67 

 •35 

 '40 

 •34 

 trace. 

 •05 

 •05 



•53 



(88*38) 



4*98 



none. 



1-13 



1-06 



•53 



80^ 68 



9^77 



3*51 



4-13 

 •77 

 •21 

 •15 

 •05 

 •12 

 •14 



•82 



(80*33) 



5*07 



1*07 



•61 



1*05 



•78 

 71^75 



9^05 



3-38 

 4*30 

 •54 

 -35 

 •19 

 •08 

 •10 

 •08 



•09 



(81*84) 



5-36 

 •59 

 •26 



1-10 



•42 



74-11 



Alumina , , 



Oxides of iron 



Lime 



Magnesia 



Potash 



Soda 



Phosphoric acid 



Sulphuric acid 



Cartonic aoid, traces of chlorine and ) 



loss \ 



Insolitble. 

 Insolublo silicates and land 



Consisting of— 



Alumina. , 



Lime 



Magnesia 



Potash 



Soda 



Silica 



* Containing ISTitrogen 



100-00 



100-00 



100*00 



100-00 



•30 



•38 



•26 

 .31 



•S3 

 ■40 



■34 

 -41 



Equal to Ammonia 



Royal AffficuUicral College, Qirence&te)\ 

 December 28if/t, 1858. 



Augustus Voelckbb. 



Appendix III. 



" Royal Agricultural College, 

 Cirencester, Dec. 28thi, 1858. 

 " Bear Sib,— I have now the pleasure of handing you the re- 

 sults of detailed and careful analyses of the four soils you sent to 



