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ANALYSIS OF SOILS 
ANALYSIS BY WATER. 
Soluble silica in the above_ 0*75 
Phosphates_ 0*20 
Sulphate of lime_ 1 *50 
Magnesia_ 0-12 
Alumina and iron_ 3*20 
4-82 
It is probable that a portion of the percentage set down as alumina and iron, is phosphoric 
acid, though not tested. 
The two following analyses were conducted by acid alone. The first is of a soil obtained 
from a slaty hill-side with a western exposure, which has been cleared forty years, and 
manured occasionally, but by no means highly : owned by Mr. L. C. Ball, Hoosic falls. 
The second analysis is of a more slaty specimen of soil, procured three miles east from 
the former locality, near the Bennington line, 
FIRST ANALYSIS. 
Water_ 8*64 
Organic matter__ 5*94 
Silicates..... 77-74 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 3-65 
Carbonate of lime __ 3-82 
Magnesia_ 0-21 
Phosphates__ 0-05 
100-05 
SECOND ANALYSIS. 
Water_ 4-60 
Organic matter_ 6*72 
Silicates_ 74-87 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 12-37 
Carbonate of lime_ 0-18 
Magnesia_ 0-12 
Phosphates.^_ 0-20 
Soluble silex__ 0-05 
99-11 
Analysis of soil taken from the farm of Mr. E. Long of Cambridge , Washington county. 
This farm belongs to the Checkered House (so called). Soil treated by acid and alkali. 
First process. Second process. 
Water_ 9-25 0-00 
Organic matter_ 8-25 0.00 
Silicates and silica_ 67-88 66-65 
Peroxide of iron and alumina...— 10-31 1-25 
Lime_ 3-56 0-00 
Magnesia..__ 0-75 0-00 
100-00 67-90 
