TACONIC DISTRICT. 
Soil of Hoosic-falls, from the farm of Judge Ball. 
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ANALYSIS. 
Water___.___ 2*00 
0rganic matter. 7*12 
Silex...... 78-77 
Lime_........ 1-00 
Magnesia..... 1-02 
Phosphate of lime__ 0-12 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 8-81 
98-97 
Jin uncultivated soil near Hoosic-falls. 
Derived from the decomposition of an impure limestone. It forms a brown earth, upon 
which forest trees grow rather luxuriantly; slope to the east; exposure warm; surface 
dry. It forms an excellent soil for corn. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water.. 3-00 
Organic matter_ 5-50 
Silex.78-20 
Peroxide of iron and alumina. 10-52 
Carbonate of lime. 1-52 
Magnesia. 0-33 
99-25 
Soil from East-Salem . 
This soil bore a fine crop of oats, and is filled with pieces of dark-colored slate. It is a 
soil common to the long range of hills of Washington county: it lies west of the Sparry 
limestone, and is much the same in quality with the soil of the range of hills east of Hoosic 
Four-corners, except that the quantity of broken slate is greater. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water... 3-50 
Organic matter. 6-00 
Silex. .. 79-00 
Peroxide of iron... 5-75 
Alumina .. 4*20 
Magnesia. 0-75 
Carbonate of lime. 0-87 
100-07 
Phosphoric acid, in combination with peroxide of iron, lime, magnesia or alumina, has 
usually been found in the soils of this range of hills. Potash and soda have not been 
