I860.] 



THE SOUTHEEN PLANTER. 



463 



portions of carbonate of liniO; per cent, 

 from 72 to 82. 



Upper and softer yellowish wliite marl, 

 but compact for that kind, from new cut of 

 rail-road near Union Town— 78 per cent. 

 Residue, entirely a yellowish pure clay. 



Lower and bluish compact marl, Maren- 

 go, A. P. Calhoun's, 82. Residue, a black 

 pure clay, containing (apparently) much 

 organic matter. No silicious sand in either 

 of the two last specimens. Both of these 

 selected recently by myself. 



IL Soils (and Sub-soils) of Bald 

 Prairie.'' 



(No. 2, described page 331, vol. iii, Far- 

 mer's Register,) soil — Marengo — R. Cocke — 

 Carbonate of lime 59 per cent. 



(No. 9, p. 332,) Soil— near Demopolis, 

 Dr. R. Withers — (produced corn well; but 

 not cotton,) 60. 



(No. 10. p. 332,) Sub-soil, at one foot 

 deep— Greene county— R. Withers — 50 per 

 cent. The lime rock there at 2 feet be- 

 low surface. 



(No. 20, p. 332,) Lowndes-Col. J. Deas, 

 —at 11- feet below the surface of a thin poor 

 soil nearly white— 84 per cent. 



(No. 21, p. 332,) Same field, also rather 

 poor— darker — 3 feet deep, 27 per cent. 



(fNo. 35, p. 333,)Lowndes-ChishoIm's, 

 "wliite bald prairie — from near^surface. Soil 

 (above the rock) only 18 inches deep. 

 Carbonate of lime 42^ and vegetable mat- 

 te?' 28 per cejit. ! 



Soil (4 inches from surface) of bald 

 prairie— Dallas county— R. H. Adams'. Poor, 

 capable of bringing 12 to 15 bushels of 

 corn. 604 grains, separated by a corn-meal 

 wire seive, into 170 of coarser (mostly 

 calcareous gravel,) and 434 of finer. The 

 coarser contained 62 per cent., and the 

 finer 51 of carbonate of lime — or about 

 54 of general average. The residue was 

 about half of very fine sand, and the other 

 half of fine black clay. 



III. Calcareous Soils — either for- 

 merly OPEN PRAIRIE, (not POOR PRAI- 

 RIE,) OR OTHERWISE COVERED BY FOR- 

 EST — AND ALL RICH. 



No. 1, p. 331, vol. iii.) Prairie soil of 

 most productive kind — Marengo — R. Cocke. 

 Black clay, with scarcely any sand. Con- 

 tained 8 per cent, of carbonite of lime. 



tThis analyzed by Dr. R. W. Gibbes. 



, (No. 3, p. 331.) Marengo— R. Cocke. 

 Very rich cane-brake land — naturally wetter, 

 16 per cent. 



(No. 19, p. 332.) Lowndes— J. Deas. 

 Open prairie — very fertile —black. Taken 

 42" feet deep, but still dark stiff clay, appa- 

 rently very rich, 11 per cent. 



(*No. 23, p. 332, and vol. ii. p. 716. 

 Lowndes — J. Deas. Open prairie, contain- 

 ed carbonate of lime 25, and vegetable mat- 

 ter 28 per cent. 



(*No. 24, p. 333, vol. iii. and p. 716, vol. 

 ii.) Same plantation, "slue prairie," or 

 " wooded prairie" — 15 per cent, of carbon- 

 ate of lime, and 25 of vegetable matter. 



(* No. 25, p. 333, vol. iii. and p. 716, 

 vol. ii.) Montgomery county, Elmore and 

 Taylor. Open prairie, taken at 6 inches 

 deep — carbonate of line 38, and vegetable 

 matter 20 per cent. 



(*No. 26, p. 333, vol. iii. and p. 716, vol. 



11. ) Taken from below the preceding at 18 

 inches below the surface — carbonate of lime 

 48, and vegetable matter 29 percent — show- 

 ing 'he remarkable fact of the latter increas- 

 ing greatly as descending. 



(tNo. 27, p. 333, vol. iii. and also p. 272, 

 vol. iii.) Black slue prairie, Montgomery, 

 F. Elmore. (Wooded Prairie ?) 6 to 8 

 inches below surface. Carbonate lime 32. 

 Vegetable matter 26. 



(fNo. 28, p. 333 and 272.) Same— Ham- 

 mock prairie — 6 to 8 inches depth. Car- 

 bonate lime 22, Vegetable matter 36 per cent. 



(fNo. 30, p. 333 and 272.) Hog-bed 

 prairie, Lowndes — 6 to 8 inches. Colbert's. 

 Carbonate lime 8, and Vegetable matter, 26 

 per cent. 



fNo. 32, p. 333 and 273.) Lowndes— J. 

 H.Taylor. Black slue prairie — wood land — 

 best — 6 to 8 inches deep. Carbonate lime 



12, Vegetable matter, 28 per cent. 



(fNo. S3, p. 333 and 273.) Lowndes— 

 do. Prairie with scattering large post oaks. 

 Soil (taken at 6 to 8 inches) mingled with 

 red clay. Carbonate lime, 6, Vegetable mat- 

 ter, 32 per cent. 



(fNo. 34, p. 333 and 273.) Lowndes— 

 do. Open prairie — from a ridge — 6 to 8 

 inches depth. Carbonate lime 18, Vegetable 

 matter, 32 per cent. 



* Tliese specimens analysed by Drs. Cooper 

 Gibbes and Nott. 



t These analyered by Dr R. W. Gibbes. 



