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Sample A.-Remarks and recommendations.

This soil is a sandy loam, grey in colour, the sub-soil being lighter in texture

and more sandy than the top-soil. The water-holding capacity of the soil is rather poor.

Soluble salts do not occur in sufficient quantity to be injurious to crop growth, but the

reaction of the scil is strongly acid.

The amounts of the essential plant food constituents are rather low, but will probably prove sufficient for satisfactory crop growth owing to the light character of the

soil and its consequent ease of penetration by roots.

The soil appears to be most likely to need lime to correct the acidity, but sub- sequently potash and phosphoric acid may also be required. The percentage of nitrogen

is rather low, but the ratio of carbon to nitrogen is about normal.