Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-06

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Question-What is upland soil
Answer-The soil of the hills and elevated
plains, drained by valleys or ravines.
Question-What is peaty soil
Answer-A soil containing much partially
decayed vegetable matter. In it's natural
condition peaty soil is always swampy or
wet. 1t is by the presence of water sufficient
to saturate it, that vegetable matter is pre-
served in the peaty condition. When
drained and titled, peaty soil gradually
becomes, by the decay of the peat, rich
loan. Pure peat, such as is cut for fuel is
not properly soil.
Quesiion-What is silicious soil
Answer-A soil chiefly formed from rocks
that were mainly composed Of "silex,' also
called " flint" "quartz," etc.
Question-What is calcareous soil
Ansver-A soil formed from rocks con-
tanning considerable proportion of lime,
such as chalks and limestones.
Question-What is aluminous soil 7
Answer-A soil formed from rocks con-
tanning much alumina, such as GRANTEES and
States
Question-What is sandy soil ?
AnNcer-A soil chiefly composed of small
grains of rock.
Question-What is gravelly soil
Ansper-A soil containing many small
pieces of rock, larger than grains of sand.
Dtestion-What ia q slatv soil
Answer-A soil made up mostly of decay
ing and crumbled slate rock.
Question-What is a stony soil 7
Answer-A soil containing many pieces of
broken rock, larger than gravel, and often
rounded by friction.
Question-What is loamy soil
Answer-A soil composed of fine earth,
easily divided in tillage. Loans are of diff
ferent kinds, indicated by such terms as cal
careous loan, gravelly loan, etc.
Quesiion--What is clayey soil
Answer-A soil produced by the decay or
grinding of aluminous rocks, such as slate
or granite.
Question-What is light soil ?
Answer-A soil containing much sand.
The term is sometimes applied to soils con-
tanning much vegetable mould.
Question-What is heavy soil ?
Answer-A clay soil. The term "heavy''
is applied on account of the difficulty of
moving such soil in tillage. 1t is for the
opposite reason that sandy soil is called
eight" These two terms have therefore
no reference to the actual weight.
Question-What is loose soil
Answer-Soil easily moved by pillow OF
shovel, or by water.
QuestiOn-What is adhesive soil 2
Answer-This is term which is com
monty applied to clay soil, because of its
sticky nature when wet, and its hardness
when dry. Such soils can only be titled
when in the intermediate state between wei
and dry.
Question-What is fresh soil II
Aaswer-Soil recently, and for the frs
time in many years, brought under tillage.
Quesiion-What is worn soil
Ansper-Soil long titled, and lessened il
fertility.
Question-What is productive soil ?
Answer-Soil that yields an abundant ant
luxuriant vegetable growth.
Question-What is unproductive soil
Answer-Soil that yields a stinted vegeta
BILE growth.
Question--What is barren soil
/ Answer-Soil destitute, or nearly destitute
of vegetable growth.
Question--Is unproductive or barren sol
: always poor soil ?
, Answer-No; it may be unproductive o
: barren for want of water, or from being in
undated by the tide, or in consequence 0
! other local or climatic causes.
5 Question: What is rich soil
s Ansver-Soil containing much plant foot
f Question-Is rich soil always productive
, Ans,oer-No; circumstances mentioned i
: the previous answer may hinder produ,
: tiveness.
g Question What is poor soil
Answer-Soil containing an insufficier
supply of all kinds, or of any one kind {
: necessary plant food.
d Question-ls poor soil necessarily unpr
: ductivef
t Answer-les unless the lacking plar
f food IS artifioially supplied.
Queshon-What is exhausted soil
: Ans~er-Soil made unproductive by crol
r ping.
y Quesf'on-What is arabic soil
Answer-Soli That may be titled wit
the plow' mn
y EXTRAORDINARY Is pastoral soil
e Ans'oer-soii incapable OF plow tillag
!. but producing heritage suitable for pastur
A Quesf'on-how are rocks changed to soil
hnswer-By any cause that will brea
, pulyerize, or dissolve them.