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ANALYSES OF SOILS. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water and vegetable matter_ 6 “00 
Silicates.... 85*00 
Carbonate of lime___ 0“75 
Magnesia_ 0*25 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 8“ 12 
100-12 
The silex is nearly in the form of rounded grains of quartz. 
Soil from near Loon lake, in Chemung county : uncultivated. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water and vegetable matter (water principally).. . 8*50 
Silicates.81*00 
Peroxide of iron and alumina. 10*00 
Carbonate of lime. 0*15 
Magnesia_ trace. 
99*65 
This soil is rather a stiff loam, and occupies one of the high vallies in Chemung county ; 
it forms a favorable compound for pasturage. It is deficient in lime and magnesia, and 
also in organic matter. Color yellow, and texture rather hard. 
Soil from Howard, Steuben county. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water and organic matter_ 9*50 
Silicates.80*50 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 9*25 
Carbonate of lime_ 0*25 
Magnesia. trace. 
99*50 
The color of the soil is drab ; it is easily reduced to a powder, and is not lumpy after being 
wet. It is dry and granular in its natural state,^and is a tolerable grass soil. 
Soil from the eastern slope of the Schoharie range. 
Decomposed cauda-galli grit. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water. 1*50 
Silicates_88*50 
Peroxide of iron_ 3*25 
Alumina_ 5*28 
Carbonate of lime. 0*06 
Magnesia_ trace. 
98*59 
