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ANALYSES OF SOILS. 
Organic matter and water_ 14’36 
Silicates__48*12 
Peroxide of iron and alumina__24*00 
Carbonate of lime_ 12*00 
Magnesia_ 1*00 
99*48 
Three or four hundred feet above Cayuga lake the soil is looser, and though rich and pro¬ 
ductive in all crops, and in wheat if the season is not adverse, is considered, however, 
less favorable for the crop, as it is more liable to be heaved out by frost than the clay soil. 
The following is an analysis of the soil which forms the ridge at Great Fields, near the 
residence of David Thomas : 
Water of absorption_ 4*40 
Organic matter_ 10*24 
Silicates_ 73*12 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 12*06 
Carbonate of lime __ 0*40 
Magnesia. 0*12 
100*34 
A soil, forming the sides of the ravines, and in which the Kalmia latifolia thrives, gave 
the following results on analysis : 
Water of absorption_ 2*92 
Organic matter. 6*80 
Silicates__ 86*94 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 1*22 
Carbonate of lime. 0*30 
Magnesia_ 0*10 
98*28 
It has been inferred from the fact that the Kalmia dies in the common soils of this region, 
that this effect is due to the presence of lime. This opinion, however, is disproved by the 
above analysis, which shows the existence of lime ; and this element is obtained in a pro¬ 
portion still greater when the soil is thoroughly decomposed, and analyzed by means of 
fusion by carbonate of soda and potash. Thus, 100 grains gave 
Organic matter_ 5*76 
Silex_ 83*65 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 8*70 
Carbonate of lime_ 1*06 
Magnesia__ 0*20 
99*37 
