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TABLE XXIV.—ANALYSES OF SOME COLORADO SOILS—(Continued). 
COUNTY. 
Insoluble. 
i 
Silicic Acid, Sol. 
' 
Sulfuric Acid. 
Carbonic Acid. 
Chlorin. 
Ouray. 
55.12 
6.55 
0.97 
6.54 
0.05 
Otero . 
80.23 
3.03 
0.50 
1.15 
0.09 
Park. 
79.55 
2.67 
0.54 
.... 
0.05 
Pitkin. 
70.50 
3.95 
0.85 
3.16 
0.03 
Phillips. 
73.43 
4.00 
1.86 
1.98 
0.04 
Prowers. 
69.90 
8.10 
0 60 
0.03 
Pueblo. 
75.84 
5.11 
0.10 0.36 
0 04 
Rio Blanco ... 
69.88 
4.35 
1.12 
1.95 
0.04 
Rio Grande ... 
76.03 
4.64 
0.67 
.... 
0.09 
Routt. 
67.04 
6.14 
0.66 
.... 
0.04 
Saguache . 
65.59 
9.46 
1.10 
.... 
0.09 
San Miguel ... 
69.61 
5.28 
0.47 
1.19 
0.04 
Sedgwick. 
69.43 
5.87 
1.20 
2.47 
0.03 
Washington .. 
73.33 
6.80 
0.41 
1.02 
0.02 
Weld. 
79.76 
6.36 
1.13 
.. .. 
0.05 
Weld. 
78.17 
7.75 
0.26 0.28 
0.05 
Yuma. 
67.90 
5.31 
1.03 
0.11 
0.02 
*Oterof. 
74.27 
10.50 
0.05 
0.68 
0.02 
Oterot . 
84.06 
5.88 
0.04 0.31 
| 
0.01 
Otero§ . 
78.22 
9.87 
0.06 0.27 
0.02 
Phosphoric Acid. | 
Potash. 
Soda. 
Lime. 
Magnesia. 
Ferric Oxid. 
Aluminic Oxid. 
Manganic Oxid. 
Moisture. 
Ignition. 
Total., 
Nitrogen. 
0.19 
1.95 
0.48 
8.16 
0.27 
1.86 
10.85 
1.48 
5.69 
100.16 
0.13 
0.14 
0.91 
1.52 
1.76 
0.16 
2.38 
4.45 
.... 
1.55 
3.25 
100.12 
0.12 
0.07 
0.65 
0.45 
2.33 
0 55 
0.95 
2.10 
.... 
2.04 
7.90 
99.85 
0.32 
0.08 
0.46 
0.81 
2.27 
0.28 
2.89 
4.60 
.... 
2.54 
7.62 
100.04 
0.26 
0.25 
0.15 
0.75 
1.4? 
1.89 
2.31 
5.68 
.... 
2.96 
3.78 
100.53 
0.08 
0.09 
1.69 
0.54 
1.44 
0.79 
2.78 
5.94 
.... 
2.65 
5.79 
100.36 
0.13 
0.08 
0.22 
0.16 
1.62 
0.54 
3.71 
5.66 
.... 
2.19 
4.75 
99.36 
0.13 
0.18 
0.78 
0.27 
1.45 
0.43 
2.75 
7.13 
.... 
2.56 
6.64 
99.55 
0.24 
0.09 
0.90 
0.77 
1.55 
0.95 
5.40 
5.09 
.... 
1.48 
3.00 
100.66 
0.09 
0.20 
0.69 
0.57 
1.21 
0.53 
3.33 
6.73 
.... 
3.56 
9.20 
99.90 
0.24 
0.11 
0.26 
0.99 
1.64 
0.63 
3.60 
5.33 
3.97 
7 41 
100.18 
0.24 
0.06 
0.11 
0.44 
2.10 
0.67 
3.38 
6.08 
.... 
3.60 
7.30 
100.33 
0.31 
0 30 
0.33 
0.84 
3.46 
0.32 
2.21 
5.40 
.... 
2.33 
6.34 
100.58 
0.11 
0.05 
0.56 
0.16 
1.04 
0.28 
2.01 
5.56 
.... 
3.56 
4.75 
99.53 
0.12 
0.11 
0.54 
0.16 
1.38 
0.42 
2.43 
3.52 
.... 
1.48 
2.52 
99.86 
0.07 
0.31 
0.38 
0.30 
0.97 
0.40 
3.01 
3.96 
0.04 
.... 
4.42 
100.26 
0.13 
0.29 
1.53 
0.84 
3.43 
1.15 
4.88 
7.55 
.... 
1.43 
4.83 
100.30 
0.07 
0.04 
0 41 
0.78 
1.38 
0.71 
4.34 
2.43 
0.17 
1.44 
3.54 
100.76 
0.08 
0.04 
0.26 
** 
0.33 
0.60 
0.22 
3.38 
1.66 
0.22 
0 74 
2.42 
99.98 
0.05 
0.02 
0.01 
0.70 
1.05 
0.46 
4.24 
1.36 
0.22 
0.89 
2.55 
99.94 
0.06 
* Analyses of melon soils from Fowler, taken Jan. 27, 1899, analyst F. C. Alford. Digestion 
with acid sp. gr. 1.115 for 10 hours. 
t Humus 0.14. t Humus 0.08. § Humus 0.10. 
** Examination of this sample shows very little feldspar in it. 
