FROM THE-WESTERN DISTRICT. 
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The phosphates are not appreciable in 100 grains, but in 1000 grains they become 
appreciable. The soluble silex of this quantity = 2-50 grains. 
Another specimen of surface soil gave 
Water. 9-88 
Organic matter. 79-92 
Peroxide of iron and alumina. 8-50 
Carbonate of lime. 0-42 
Magnesia. 0-20 
Color of the soil dark brown. 
98-92 
Soil from a hill west of Christian-hollow. 
Situated on the south side of Fall creek, where it cuts through Bear mountain, southeast 
corner of the town of Lafayette. It gives a good wheat crop. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water of absorption__ 2-00 
The well dried soil gave 
Organic matter_ 10-15 
Silicates_ 71*85 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 7-45 
Carbonate of lime. 12-05 
Magnesia_ 1-60 
Soluble silica_ 0*09 
Phosphates_a trace. 
102-05 
Surface soil from the farm of T. Sf W. Spence , Christian-hollow. 
ANALYSIS. 
Water. 5-60 
Organic matter_ 8-72 
Silicates_7 7-84 
Peroxide of iron and alumina_ 5-00 
Carbonate of lime_ 1-76 
Magnesia. 1-04 
Soluble silica. trace. 
99-96 
Phosphates not appreciable in 100 grains. 
Good wheat soil, and has been under the plow for the last thirty years, and manured four 
times. It is a mixture of reddish clay and debris from the neighboring rocks. 
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