370 
Glimi^iSGS of Farminr/ hi the Channel Islands. 
senting the light, medium, and heavy soils of the island. A 
square block, one foot in depth, was used in each case, and it 
was found that the subsoil for the next ten feet in depth was in 
each instance of similar texture to the surface soil, which was 
very free from stones. The analyses are given below : — 
Compositions of Dry Soils pee Cent. 
First 12 Inches. 
St. Peter's 
St. Mary's 
St. Saviour's 
Soluhld zTi ivculi ddds* 
No. I. 
No. II. 
No. III. 
' Organic matter, &c 
Oxide of ii'on • ■ • t . 
Alumina . . . . . 
Lime , . 
Magnesia 
Potash ....... 
Soda 
Phosphoric acid ..... 
Sulphuric acid ..... 
Chlorine 
Carbonic acid 
Soluble silica 
3-590 
•610 
•372 
•236 
•148 
•086 
•328 
■128 
•182 
•009 
trace 
-079 
3-760 
1-724 
1-497 
•1S7 
•291 
•114 
•355 
•131 
•236 
•Oil 
trace 
•080 
3 980 
2-245 
1-403 
•576 
•200 
•158 
•537 
•195 
-184 
-009 
trace 
•084 
Insoluble in acids. 
Hydrated silica 
Insoluble silicates and quartz 
2-500 
91-732 
2-780 
88-834 
6100 
84-329 
100-000 
100-000 
100000 
' Nitrogen in organic matter . 
Nitrogen as nitrates (per million parts) 
-122 
2108 
•136 
1-650 
•141 
6-45 
These analyses do not convey the idea of any high degree of 
natural fertility, though No. III. is much superior to the two 
others, and No. II. is rather better than No. I. All three are 
deficient in lime and potash, and in only one is there a good 
proportion of phosphoric acid. As to the organic matter, soldiers' 
drilling-grounds can scarcely be quite like " virgin soils," and 
the old pasture certainly is not so. They are all soils, liowever, 
which can be worked with more or less facility; while two of 
them are so constituted as to retain moisture fairly, and one so 
as to retain fertilising material applied to it. 
The " lay of the land " in Jersey is all that could be desired, 
as it is a gradual slope downwards from the north to the south, 
and this greatly enhances the value of the soil, and promotes 
the early vegetation for which the island is famous. 
Of the climate there is no necessity to say much, as it is 
well known to be excellent. There is seldom much snow, and 
