. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. g calcareous loam containingplenty of organic matter and a very large quantity of calcium carbo-nate. It would appear to require no manurial treatment other thansuch as may be required for special crops. Oats grow too rank andbarley and some varieties of wheat get laid if grown upon this soil. 666 Journal op the Department oi^ Agriculture. The rank growth * is doubtless due to the high nitrogen content andthe abundant supply of underground water. It may here bementioned that this type of soil is first and foremost a wheat soil,
. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa. g calcareous loam containingplenty of organic matter and a very large quantity of calcium carbo-nate. It would appear to require no manurial treatment other thansuch as may be required for special crops. Oats grow too rank andbarley and some varieties of wheat get laid if grown upon this soil. 666 Journal op the Department oi^ Agriculture. The rank growth * is doubtless due to the high nitrogen content andthe abundant supply of underground water. It may here bementioned that this type of soil is first and foremost a wheat soil,Bietti being the best variety to sow. Eooi Lama (the local name,apparently, for a mucb sown wheat) also does well on this type ofsoil, but Egyptian Red, also a variety frequently sown in tlie Witkopdistrict, grows rank and gets laid. Beyond skilful cultivation, it would appear that this soil requiresno other treatment; it still yields very good crops after many yearsof cultivation. According to the farmers classification this soilbelongs to the black turf Plate\Vl. The Homestead The Willows. The trees without leaves are poplars ; the willows are hidden by the house. Thehedge is of the macrocarpa cypress. Pines of several varieties have been plantedhere and are doing splendidly ; they are 8 years old, at least 15-18 feet high, andtheir trunks about 10 inches in diameter. Lemofn Kkaal : Mes. i)k Klekk. The homestead of Lemoen Eraal lies almost direct north of TheWillows homestead. Only one sample Avas taken fiom this farm, 611. The geologicarmap (p. 353) will show that the bult fromwhich this sample was derived is far removed from any influence bydolerite or by lava. It would therefore seem tliat it may be taken asrepresenting a true Red Beds soil. The soil is decidedly sandy and, moreover, very poor; it yieldsnot more than ten from one in the case of wheat and six from one inthe case of potatoes. Some peas were growing on tlie land at the timeit was sampled; they
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