. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Tei and th t uPPer P- ^s a |oo ^.--/^ ^^^^scattering g>^am_ fields and orchards^ xne p ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ i^frwidrhortto^Stfrarimum dipth beLg about twenty and \^^^ ° \7whly alkaline, containing, according to season, 1 80 o upward oTlOograins per gallon, and is therefore utter^ hsJshx^z^y^ St toX^hirfaiei s ° f-i Swth^^^ orchard roVhnatTrfld^^^rLge^his accumulation cou^^^^^^^ springs occur about the town, and a -f ^^ored to a dep h o 105 ieet i£z:t\i:^:^^n^ oo. smphur water Gra
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Tei and th t uPPer P- ^s a |oo ^.--/^ ^^^^scattering g>^am_ fields and orchards^ xne p ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ i^frwidrhortto^Stfrarimum dipth beLg about twenty and \^^^ ° \7whly alkaline, containing, according to season, 1 80 o upward oTlOograins per gallon, and is therefore utter^ hsJshx^z^y^ St toX^hirfaiei s ° f-i Swth^^^ orchard roVhnatTrfld^^^rLge^his accumulation cou^^^^^^^ springs occur about the town, and a -f ^^ored to a dep h o 105 ieet i£z:t\i:^:^^n^ oo. smphur water Granite underlies the valley at that deptn. ^ f^Hnwino^ T^aphagan, the proprietor of the hotel and baths: Total residue by evaporation Soluble in water after evaporation Trmoluble in water after evaporation --- OrgaiSc matter and chemically combined The soluble part consists of— . , /„i„„v,pv colt etc ^Sodium and potassium sulfates (glauber salt, etc.)-. Sodium chlorid (common salt).- Sodium carbonate (sal soda) The insoluble vart consists of— Calcium and magnesium ------; Silica -. ALKALI LAND OF ELSINORE VALLEY. 191 planted and grown, especially on the west side. There are, however, inthe cultivated region spots that are still bare of vegetation, because ofthe very large content of salts. The analysis of soil from one of these, five or six acres in extent, isgiven below the total salts in thirty inches depth being at the rate ofabout 1U,000 pounds per acre. On this spot an apricot orchard wasoriginally planted, but the rise of alkali killed the trees. A pearorchard on Mr. Eben Clewetts place, a little nearer the lake, was foundto be in fair condition while quinces on the same soil were stunted1 he lake water is said to percolate beneath this land and rises to T ^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ The examination of the soilsshows the presence of a large amount of alkali salts, the compositionbeing given below. ^ Bur-clover was found growing luxuriantly
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