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it. If the suggestions I have made should, on due trial, prove 

 that I am right, I trust that they will confer a lasting benefit 

 on the agriculture of this district. If, on the contrary, they 

 should not be found to succeed, — like all those who have 

 investigated the subject before me, I must content myself 

 with having made the effort, though unsuccessful. 



ANALYSIS OF SANDY SOIL, FROM MR. BEAVOR, BARNBY 

 MOOR, WHERE THE RED CLOVER DIED AWAY. 



Specific Gravity, 2.265. Dry Gravity, 1.350. 

 in a dry and porous state weighs about 100 lbs. 

 inches deep, about 1000 tons. 



One cubic foot 

 One acre, six 



Stones and Gravel, consisting of Silica and Silicate of 

 Alumina ; little prone to disintegrate, and incapable 

 of furnishing any ingredient serviceable to the growth ( 



of plants ) 



Roots and Fibres in a state of 



decay 



Organic Matter, principally Hu- 

 mus, containing a trace of 



Ammonia 



Water of Absorption 1.955 



Per acre, six 

 inches deep, 

 per cent, tons.cwt lbs. 

 16.250 162 10 0 



Organic Matter, yielding 

 Carbonic Acid, and 

 all the constituents of 

 plants by decay. 



Coarse and Fine Silici- 

 ous Sand, insoluble 

 in Acids; containing 

 Minerals capable of 

 disintegration, and 

 furnishing Silica and 

 Potash to Plants. 



Substances Soluble 

 Acids. 



Substances rendered So- 

 luble by the action of 

 the Atmosphere, by < 



Potash 



Soda 



Lime and Magnesia. 



three weeks' exposure I Chloride of Sodium 

 to rain, &c. {_ Potash 



Protoxide of Iron 



Oxide of Manganese 



Free Alumina 



Carbonate of Lime 



Carbonate of Magnesia 



Phosphate of Lime and Iron ... 

 Humate of Lime, with a little 



Ammonia 



Sulphate of Liine 0025 



Loss 



.110 



1 



2 0 



1.870 



18 



14 0 



1.955 



19 



11 0 



68.000 



680 



0 0 



10.020 



100 



0 0 



.200 



2 



0 0 



.052 



0 10 45 



.013 



0 



1 67 



.769 



7 



13 89 



.140 



1 



8 0 



• trace 







.120 



1 



4 0 



.153 



1 



10 67 



•trace 







.059 



0 



11 90 



.0321 



0 



6 47 



.0025 



0 



0 56 



.0016 



0 



0 36 



.0008 



0 



0 16 



99.7480 







.2520 







100.0000 



