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uctiveness in the kinds of grain. It is believed to e imposstble to grow wheat from a soil that contains 0 phosphate of lime. But this phosphate is readily upplied from the shrlls so numerous in the bays, ivers and creeks, and the bones and offal of fish.

F SOILS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ISLAND SUBMITTED TO CAREFUL EXAMINATION.

The roots, sticks, pebbles. coarse- sand and other odies- supposed to be nearly inert, were removed- mm the soils, only the fine materials of which were nalysed.

No. l was from a field of medium fertility at Ber eque, bearing a moderate Crop of potatoes, which ad been smitten by the prevailing blight. It con, ained of 100 grains— '

Water 3 0‘ Matter expelled by heat, chiefly \egetable,lL 5 Carbonate oflime, - - - l 5 Phosphate of lime, - - - l 0 Peroxide of' iron, - - - 2 5 Silicia, or fine silicious sand, - — 74 0 Allumina, - - - - 6 0 Carb. Magnesia, - - - O 5 Oxide ofmanganese, a trace, - O 0 100 O No. 2 was taken from a field that produces fair rops of wheat, clover, and potatoes—- Water, - — — - 4 0 Vegetable matter, - - 1‘2. 5 Carbonate of‘ lime, - — - 2 O Phosphate of lime, - - 1 5 Oxide of'irun, - - - 2 0 Silica - - — - 66 5 Alumina, — - - - 10 0 Carbonate “Magnesia, - _, 0 5 Oxide ofmanuanese, — - - l 0 Potash, a trace, Soda, do. do.

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