THE SOIL OF THE COTTON STATES. 
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Silica 0.60 grains. 
Carbonic acid 2.80 " 
Chlorine 0.30 " 
Sulphuric acid , 0.54 " 
Phosphoric acid 1.64 " 
Lime 1.80 « 
Magnesia 0.64 " 
Potash 2.79 " 
Soda 1.90 " 
13.10 " 
One thousand grains of the seeds yielded 36| grain? 
of ashes, which consist of — 
0.1000 srains 
0.3504 
(( 
0.3940 
11 
0.0980 
11 
11.3618 
u 
1.7484 
11 
6.0888 
11 
13.3566 
(( 
3.1070 
36.6000 
No. 2. 
Upper Alluvial Soil of Savannah River ^ on wMeh the Short- 
staple Cotton grows, in Edgefield, South Carolina. 
This soil yields upon analysis — 
Silica 78.000 per cent. 
Alumina 10.040 « 
Lime 0.260 *' 
Magnesia 0.200 » 
