Chemical analysis of the same sample of Jarayat soil

Surface soil «/o

Sub soil

nil
nil

4-50
5-56

Loss on ignition (organic

matter) ....
6-08
6-96

Silica (acid insoluble

matter) .....
74-56
72-42

,0*83
0-72

Nitrogen .....
0-081
0-054

Phosphoric acid . . .
0-063
0-026

Potash ......
0-23
0-27

Without making the discussion of the nature of the
soil technical we may mention, in brief, that a glance at
the quantities of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
present in these typical samples will show how the soil
of the village is deficient in these three substances which
form the most important, plant-foods. The quantities of
these plant-foods present in the soil justify us in our con-
clusion that the soil of the village is only slightly better
than one of poor quality.1
(4) Water-supply of the village.
The importance of water-supply is obvious to a village
where sugarcane is the principal commercial crop.
Sources of water-supply : The only sources of water-
supply in the village under study are (a) Khadies or
streamlets, (b) tanks and (c) wells.
1 Cf., "Owing to the very undulating surface of the country, the soil, ex-
cept in a few favoured localities is very poor................It principally con-
sists of ferruginous loam not very productive for dry-crop cultivation......
The Kali basar soil occupies a very small portion of the surface and is
almost entirely found in the rice-beds.*.......The prevailing soil......super-
abounds with lime, a quality injurious to all unirrigated crops. The
presence also of the protoxide of iron necessitates a system of following
after an interval of a few years to render cultivation at all remunerative;"
p. 44, Appendix R, Selections from the Records of the Bombay Govern-
ment. No. CCC Hi—New Series: Papers relating to the Revision Survey
Settlement of the Bulsar Taluka, 1900.