Record of Geology of Texas, ISS'Z-ISOG. 
125 
Harrington^ H: H. 
PANHANDLE AND ALLUVIAL SOILS. 
LOCALITY. 
Water. 
Volatile and or- 
ganic matter. 
Insoluble mat- 
ter and sand. 
Iron oxide. 
Alumina oxide. 
Calcium oxide. 
Magnesium 
oxide. 
Sulphuric acid. 
Phosphoric acid. 
Potash. 
Sodium. 
Carbon dioxide. 
Panhandle— Abilene. 
Black Loam. 
Surface 
4.52 
3.05 
73.78 
1.78 
6.51 
4.04 
1.4 
.154 
Trace 
1.137 
.957 
2.25 
Subsoil 
4.80 
2.69 
64.3 
2 23 
5.05 
9.32 
1.09 
4.22 
.102 
.588 
.305 
5.20 
Wichita. 
Chocolate Loam. 
Surface 
1.62 
3.01 
88.46 
2.06 
3.82 
.074 
Trace 
.058 
Trace 
.426 
.139 
Subsoil.* 
El Paso County Soils : 
No I, Red sandy 
8.33 
78.63 
7.44 
2.22 
.57 
.38 
.34 
.52 
.46 
Tr’ce 
No. II, Sandy loam 
7.65 
74.85 
4.08 
3.84 
3.83 
Trace 
.73 
.60 
.43 
.85 
2.13 
Alluvial— Fort Bend County. 
Sandy Loam.t 
Surface 
1.17 
1.54 
84.31 
2.36 
3.87 
2.74 
.24 
Trace 
.166 
.46 
.37 
2.24 
Subsoil 
2.26 
2.91 
79.5 
2.91 
5.87 
2.01 
.23 
Trace 
.26 
1.24 
1.25 
1.58 
Brazoria County. 
Chocolate Loam. 
Surface 
3.04 
3.09 
78.59 
2.80 
6.05 
1.66 
.126 
Trace 
.136 
1.09 
.856 
2.04 
Subsoil 
3.28 
2.50 
77.57 
3.18 
8.28 
1.82 
.18 
Trace 
.128 
.841 
.443 
1.71 
Brazoria County. 
R.ivp.r Dp.poslt 
3.26 
2.69 
70.92 
3.62 
5.58 
5.66 
1.85 
.29 
.34 
.885 
.224 
4.00 
Brazoria County. 
Peach Ridge. 
Surface 
4.62 
9.39 
76.45 
2.60 
3.51 
.609 
.73 
.079 
Trace 
.545 
.32 
.34 
Subsoil 
3.11 
4.70 
82.79 
2.33 
4.73 
.424 
.368 
.134 
'.154 
.482 
.262 
.28 
* Of same chg-racter as surface. + From State Sugar Farm. 
Under the caption of ‘^‘IMiscellaneous 'Soils/’ the question of LA.l'kali Soils 
is briefly discussed, u^nalyses are given of Black Alkali 'from Ysleta, and 
of a sample from 'the Rio Grande Valley, ten miles south of Eort Hancock. 
Analysis of “White Alkali.” Analysis of .Siample from Laredo. Reclaim- 
ing 'Alkali iSpots. Analysis of Phosphate Rock ( ? ) from Corpus Christi. 
.Analys'is O'f (Clay from the College ,Parm. 
“Of the work here reported, samples from the State Farm, Brazos bot- 
toim deposit from the river, iCollege Clay, (Forney, Kaufman county, ham- 
mock soil from Bell county, upland soil from Colmesneil, Wichita and 
Abilene soils, Manor soil, Pine Ridge and valley soils from Rusk, Pecan 
Gap soil, and phosphate rock were analyzed iby Associate Prof. Duncan 
Adriance. Assistant Prof. iP. S. 'Tilson analyzed samples of black waxy 
from Bell county, Brazos river deposit, creek bottom soils from Tyler 
county, Waxahachie soil, Terrell, New Braunfels, two soils from Cherokee 
county, and ‘alkali’ soils reported.” 
179. Harris, Gilbert D. (and Humble, E. T.) 
See Humble and Harris. 
The 'Galveston Heep Well. 
Amer. Jour, of Science, HI, Vel. XLVJ, pp. 38-42. New 
Haven, July, 1893. 
