TACONIC DISTRICT. 
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Soil of Petersburgh , Rensselaer county. 
This soil bears about two tons of hay to the acre; rock a coarse slate, but rests upon an » 
intervening hardpan from twelve to eighteen inches below the surface; height 1200 feet 
above tide at Albany; color brownish drab ; cultivated meadow. It contains 
Water. 4-50 
Organic matter___- - 4*00 
Silex... 81-78 
Alumina_ 3-70 
Peroxide of iron__........ —. 4-00 
Phosphoric acid_...._..._.......... 0-02 
Magnesia_ 0-50 
Sulphate of lime___-— 0-15 
Carbonate of lime .. 0-75 
99-40 
Soil of Chatham Four-corners. 
In corn; fine and heavy growth. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water. 3-50 
Silex.76-00 
Vegetable matter_ 8-50 
Alumina_ 3-50 
Peroxide of iron_ 7-10 
Carbonate of lime_ 0-75 
Magnesia .......... 0-50 
Phosphoric acid............. 0-02 
99-87 
Manured with stable manure. Neither potash or soda sought for. The soil is based upon 
hardpan eighteen inches below the surface. It is one of the most productive soils of this 
district, and corn and oats and peas are always sure crops: it is also productive in grass. 
Wheat in large crops was formerly raised in this neighborhood, but has been mostly aban¬ 
doned on account of the fly. 
Soil from the range of hills near the Western Railroad Depot , at the State line . 
Uncultivated. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water... 
............ 4 4 10 
Organic matter... 
. 6-25 
Silex... 
..78-75 
Alumina_ 
__ 4-85 
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Peroxide of iron. ... 
... 4-45 
Carbonated lime..._ 
_____ 0-75 
Magnesia ..................... 
0-75 
31* 
99-90 
