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SOIL ANALYSIS. 



Reference Number — 2 From Hon. R. P. Simmonds, Port Maria. 

 Source Details — A Soil growing bananas at Quebec Park. 



9-24 in. A 2 



Depth of Sample— 9 inches. A n (surface soil) 24-36 " A 3 > Subsoil 



36-48 " A* J 



Physical Analysis. 



PER CENT. 





Ai 



K 



^3 



A, 





Stones 

 Gravel 

 Sand 



Fine Sand 

 Silt 



Agricul- f Fine Silt 

 tural Clay \ Clay 



Coaibined water ") 

 Organic matter J 



Nil. 

 1.33 

 1.29 

 30 71 

 13.25 

 33.99 

 11.06 



8.37 



1.09 

 5.02 

 7.93 

 37.71 

 25.98 

 12.92 

 2.14 



7.50 



1.05 



5.02 

 3.88 

 38.47 

 29.68 

 12.54 

 2.19 



8.22 



Nil 

 4.37 

 7.46 

 36.88 

 27.33 

 14.35 

 2.27 



7.34 



Fine 

 ^Earth. 



Total 



100.00 



100.00 



100 00 



100.00 





Per Cent. 



Retentive Power for water (A^ ... 53.00 



Chemical Analysis A 1 . 



(Soil passed through 3 m.m. Sieve* dried at 100°C.) 



Insoluble Matter ... 68.07 



Soluble in Hydrochloric Acid - 



f Potash ... .9249 



| Lime ... 1.62 



^ Phosphoric Acid ... .138 



| Carbonic Acid as 1 



(^Carbonate of Lime / 

 Combined Water and organic matter 7.93 



Humus (soluble in Ammonia) 3 . 58 



Nitrogen ... .196 



Hygroscopic Moisture ... 7.62 



Fertility Analysis. 



Available Potash ... . 0272 



Available Phosphoric Acid .0096 



Observations. 



* > The surf ace soil is a loam of ideal omp^sition and high fertility 

 It is so rich in all the elements of fertility that in is doubtful whether 

 any manures are at present required to produce full bunches of bana- 



