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Table 2.3-9
PARAMETERS TO BE DETERMINED IN ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES
Parameter Reported as Recommended Procedure
pH Hydrogen ion activity U.S.D.A. Handbook 60, Method (21a),
at saturation (paste) p. 102.
Conductivity mmhos/cm @ 25oC U.S.D.A. Handbook 60, Method (31) p.
84; and Method (4b), p. 89-90, or
A.S.A. Mono. No. 9, Pt. 2, p. 937-
940.
Soluble meq/I Extraction of Ca, Mg, and Na by U.S.-
Ca, Mg, & Na D.A. Handbook 60, Method (3a), p.
84. Analysis by atomic absorption
spectrophotometry.
Sodium- SAR calculated from U.S.D.A. Handbook 60, p. 26.
absorption- soluble Ca, Mg, & Na
ratio concentrations
Lime Slight, moderate, U.S.D.A. Handbook 60, Method (23a),
or high p. 105.
Texture U.S.D.A. textural U.S.D.A. Handbook 18, pp. 205-233.
class
Organic matter Percent
A.S.A. Mono. No. 9, Pt. 2, Method
(90-3), pp. 1372-1376.
2.3-158