Valley Soil from Davis County, 
| Frs., 1902.) 
DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF SOILS. 
AMERICAN TOBACCO SOILS. 
Uplar4 Soil from Henderson County, 
Valleyland Soil, {lenderson County, 
Valleyland Subsoil, Henderson 
QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 
QUEENSLAND TOBACCO SOIL. 
From Texas District. 
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PROPERTIES OF THE SoIL— 
Reaction be 45: mn ap Neutral Neutral. Neutral. Neutral. Neutral. 
Weight of soil per acre, 6 in. deep tons | 731 790 805 774 806 
Capacity for water e. i ee esa 55:2 476 52°4 54°0 56°4 
Absorbed weight per acre, 6in.deep tons water 403 376 422 a i118 454 
Capillary power, after 6, 12, 24, 36,and 48 hours, 94, 114, 154, 19, 93, 12, 15, 194, | 84, 10#, 143, 19, $3, 114, 15, 184, 64, 10, 124, 154, 
22 in. high 924; in. | 22 in. 1} in. 172 in. 
Absorptive powers for salts _... c.c. nitrogen 70 c.c. 62 c.c. 64 c.c. 66 c.c 
MEcHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SoIL— 
Ordinary Elutriat. 
Schéne’s Elutriat. 
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Ordinary Elutriat. 
Pew rer er a A er ad fe ar Lh | 
Schone’s Elutriat. 
Diam. of grains. 
Schone’s Elutriat. | Ordinary Elutriat. 
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Ordinary Elutriat. | Schéne’s Elutriat. | Ordinary Elutriat. | Schéne’s Elutriat. 
C re ‘ ° ’ “1° = 15'79°/,1) ; | 13: ‘ ‘1--2 mm. = 11°81 e rs *9Q 
Gravelover2mm diameter cif ONL gpd ™Sapao |} NL | toe |p ONL tee Sr | 21°38 ii 758 
Sand (fine)... ( 43°72 02-05 = 29°61 37°59 | 39°51 34°81 02-05 = 36°99 34°57 33°15 37°25 19°58 
Fine sand (very tine) Fi th 30°00 01-02 = 7°59 40:06 4°76 38°06 01-02 =f ‘97 38°19 9°91 30°54 12°23 
Clay a feaaette ren oes OSM st i 15°64 Clay =12'38 13°84 17°44 19°76 Clay = 18°09 19°34 16°91 24:97 24°09 
Organic matter and moisture | 10 64 = 10°64 DDI 5°51 7°37 = 137 7°90 7°90 7°24 7°24 
Vegetable fibres and roots ee if | Traces ae Nil. aaa Traces Nil. its Traces fe 
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ChEmicaL ANALYSIS OF THE SoIL— | | 
Moisture) 7... ib “fi & ¥ 2°572 1168 1°970 a 2092 2°288 
Humus (humic acid, &c.) ty oF Tr 5°798 10°636 2980 5508 3°765 7372 —3°490 7 904 3°346 7°244 
Other organic matter and combin. water __,, | 2°266 1360 1°637 IEBVP) ' 1°610 
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Chlorine . Cl, 008 008 005 “005 007 ‘007 006 -006 009 009 
Carbonic acid CO, ,, 322 322 ‘108 "108 195 195 220 220 "120 120 
Total nitrogen _N . 2°46 Peri 134 th ‘202 “ ‘110 rt ‘179 ar 
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Soluble in HCl of 1°, sp. gr.— ; 
SolPsilica yy eee” Vice WESIONN, 016 Diff. 69-496 O15 78:292 041 75°707 009 74308 - 189 71191 
Sulphuric acid ... SO; ,, 061 061 039 039 041 041 025 025 ‘117 ‘117 
Phosphoric acid PIOns 172 | 176 067 072 115 “115 110 114 139 146 
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- Iron FeO; ,, 3°598 4 2'560 } : 2°881 ‘975 2°719 2°723 4048 
Alumina Al,0; 5; 3°230 f 14664 9-283 11557 3-084 ji ee 2°21 thal 5°168 12'866 
Lime CaO ,, 605 1°442 ‘185 740 265 1122 ‘315 1:320 ‘B15 1646 
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Magnesia A oat Be. MgO ,, 261 565 243 762 421 the 413 “886 502 840 
Potash ... sy: Ay yf K,O ,, *260 1°250 152 "956 213 uf. “190 1°280 “489 1°275 
Soda Ree Na,O ,, 263 1-380 243 1:961 192 75 180 ‘871 162 “498 
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Insoluble in HCl of 1*; sp. gre... 2. *80°779 *83'681 *85°344 *85°130 *83°374 
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TOTAL ey: + ¥ ” 100°211 100°000 100'089 100°000 100°171 100°000 100°042 100°000 100°744 100°000 
* Insoluble matter contains clay = 15:26 clay = 9°47 clay = 12°07 clay ~ 13-04 clay = 16°78 
__ REMARKS :—Special care was taken in these analyses, and not only the ordinary agricultural analyses, extraction with boiling hydrochloric acid of ale 8r., but also absolute analyses, by making the whole soils soluble 
with the aid of hydrofluoric acid, were made. ‘The clay, also, was determined by chemical methods in the matters insoluble in HCL The elutriations © Se Very finely textured soils were also made by two different methods, 
the ae found by both methods agreeing fairly well. ittie 
__ ‘The analyses show that our Queensland tobacco soil resembles the samples of American tobacco soils very closely. The Queensland soil contains # More of the coarsest sand, and also a little more clay; it is also not 
quite so porous, with regard to capillarity for water, as the American soils. eno offic; 
‘The absorptive powers for salts are in all soils rather low, as compared with some of our fertile heavy Queensland soils, which reach an absorptiO? © “€nt from 200 to 300; it means that if the soils are heavily manured 
oss of manure may easily take place. | 
