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ANALYSES OF SOILS. 
much drift. The first was taken from a dry ridge which has been under cultivation many 
years, and has produced forty bushels of spring wheat to the acre. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water of absorption___ 3 “84 
Organic matter_ 10*44 
Silicates_ 77-78 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 4*98 
Carbonate of lime. 1*30 
Magnesia. 1*48 
99*82 
The following soil is a clay loam, resting upon plaster shales : 
ANALYSIS. 
Water of absorption_,_ 5*10 
Organic matter___... 5*94 
Silicates_____ 80*40 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 5*00 
Carbonate of lime___ 2*36 
Magnesia_ 1*08 
99*88 
If we compare the analyses of the soils and rocks below and above the bands of lime¬ 
stone which traverse the State from the Hudson river to Blackrock upon Lake Erie, we 
can scarcely fail to recognize the fact, that so far as composition is concerned, they are 
better adapted to the growth of the cereals than the limestones and their soils. This we 
deem an important point — one which must operate in the selection and choice of farms, 
and which must also throw some light on the mode by which the limestone soils may be 
cultivated to the best advantage. 
Analysis of soil from Wheatland , Monroe county. 
The first was from Mr. Bean’s farm, and has been under cultivation for wheat many 
years. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water of absorption- 5*70 
Organic matter_ 5.92 
Silicates_80*18 
Carbonate of lime- 0.40 
Carbonate of magnesia. 0*28 
Phosphate of lime_ 0*12 
Peroxide of iron and alumina- 6*40 
99*00 
