QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 
Field or block, and description of the places on the field where the samples of soil mache of so 
1b, 
were taken 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES— 
Quality of land according to the crops obtained 
How long was land under crop? 
What crops have been grown? 
Ts land wet or dry 
Is land drained or baie y 
Ts land low-lying or elevated? 
Description of the various layers— 
Surface soil : a 
Intermed. layer 
Subsoil —... 
The Analysis refers to ae 
PROPERTIES OF THE Sorn— 
saction 
Weight of soil per acre, 6 in. ‘deep... 
Capacity for water... 
Absorbed weight per acre, 6 in. deey ) 
Capillary power, inches of water niften 6, 24, 36, ‘and 60 hours 
Absorptive powers for Salts i tei i 
MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SoIL— 
Stones over 5 mm. diameter... 
Gravel over 2 mm. diameter 
Sand ie ~ 
Fine sand 
Clay 
Organic matter and moisture 
Vegetable fibres and roots 
«bin earth 
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE sy ene ESN = 
Moisture : 
Heats te 
Combin. water.. 
Chlorine... 
Carbonicacid . 
Total nitrogen ... 
Soluble in HCl of 1'1 Be: gr., ‘alee for two MSS 
Sol. silica ... re re 
Sulphuric acid 
Phosphoric acid . 
Tron... 
Alumina 
Lime 
Magnesia se 
Potash 
Soda... 
Insoluble in HCl of 1'1 sp. gr. 
Toran 
cc, of nitrogen 
[1 May, 1900. 
BIGGENDEN STATE FARM. 
Drscrrprron AND ANALYSIS OF SOILS. 
»¢ 
il from cultivation paddock ; from | Grazing paddock, Sample from holes 4, 5, 6 
rete B) 
Southern grazing paddock. 
Sample from holes 
-| Forest land, heavily timbered with ironbark, | Forest land, chiefly timbered with ironbark ; Sear and timbered with ironbark, 
loodwoo 
et, Oi of ( 
aise maize and Sao uy 99. 
tons | 
is} } 
tong 
loodwood, Moreton Bay as 
very poor 
paee up and subsoiled to 1 ft. 8 in. end of | No crops grown 
- | Surface drainage, h 
ge, havin 
Slight slope to N. we 
- Brown sandy 1 
- | Greyish sandy 
} Sieg ee 
Soil 21. 
ge 
a, 
N eutral. 
520 
383 
34, 64,83, 10} 
240 
| ven) Saale 
100 652 
Dry 96 y 
Slight slope to N.E. 
oam, 12 in. 
taining gravel 
.| Grazing only. 
Dry. 
Grey sandy soil (Gi in.), hard, like cement, con- | Chocolate sandy soil, from 12 to 18 in. 
clay Greyish clayey subsoil Reddish sandy subsoil. 
Subsoil 22. Soil 23 Subsoil 24. Soil 25. “I Subsoil 26. 
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(ony Neutral. rs Neutral. ee Neutral. Neutral. Neutral. 
SS 780 |} $5. 801 fe 838 789 747 
mesh B19 | So 39 3 ee 47°) 42°6 453 
= 405 | Sos 315 te 394 336 340 
AES 3h, GF, 10, 1 | 8 4,8, 11, 13 fa 1, 23, 34, 48 94, 14, 18, 193 3, 134, 18, 20 
8 260 & 184 : 14 ; 192 
te 510 ie 260 |... 12 60 i? 13 | 
a 90 a; 21-70 bel 22°50 re ‘17 a “40 
ne i Rs 3:60 ie 556 ey; 4°10 ee 4:40 
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| 55°32 | 4733 28:85 | La78 41°77 | S497 48°62 | 4750 AO'T7 pr 
15 70 4°87 | 6:28 12°40 15°32 
x 7900 & 5030 es 6540 
29-8 1:930 3:3 2110 15'S 040 7 
Ei 6870 eh: 51905 a 9520 
boss 001 trace trace 
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* 9040 p 10400. |... 13-760 
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95 2699 6 "219 Li 140 10 
Uys 2°87 3-1 529 40 ‘760 54 
4 026 12 100 ‘8 ‘080 6 
2 020 3 -060 3b ‘001 ‘0 
* 50°314 69°106 61°112 
| 99508 100°351 100°790 
