11 .in\ irriiration scheme broujjht forward in a oountrv so 

 ;,ood df .d of ours ib, and wlieie there is a good deal ot sod 

 li unap:( >otl»ing at all will grow on the surface of these 

 1 therefore T think a chemical examination of the deep 



so that we might be able to judge 'vith some debtee ot 

 of their effect for purposes of irrigitioii and cultu ttion. 

 MOOUE — Would it not be \\ell to ask the Go\ei)im« iit 



' samples for analysis ' I belie\e it would be dune with 



lightest hesitation 



i of the soil, and tint is th 

 freely with salt. I know i 

 n the shale twelve feet deep. 



IS far as my experience goes in the Cobar distr-ict there 

 s are remaikably salt. Of course th< } are ^ery vague 



Me T can certify to the fact 'that the so called salt water 

 lis from Ifillstone and Cobar (ontains a large proportion 

 ite of magnesium The tlieory I belie\e is that the soil 

 .,nated with these salts and that the lairi has to a certain 

 s i-^liMl the salt out of the surface of the soil. If vou are 

 ' sMrt 1 garden there you will hrid that ])lants will yrow, 



