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Table 6-3-1 <br /> Parameter, Procedure and Reference List <br /> for Peabody Central Laboratory, <br /> June 1977 <br /> Parameter Procedure/Reference <br /> pH Determined on a saturated soil paste. USDA <br /> Handbook 60, 1969 - Diagnosis and Improvement <br /> of Saline and Alkali Soils , Method 21a , p. <br /> 102. <br /> Conductivity Determined on a 1:2 soil to water extract. <br /> USDA Handbook 60, Method 3c, p. 88. <br /> Saturation Percentage USDA Handbook 60, Method 2, p. 84 and Method <br /> 27b, p. 107. <br /> Water Soluble Na, Ca , Mg Determined on a saturated paste extract using <br /> AA Analysis. USDA Handbook 60, Method 3a, p. <br /> 84. <br /> SAR Calculated from Na , Ca and Mg values , USDA <br /> Handbook 60, p. 26. <br /> ESP Calculated from SAR values, USDA Handbook 60, <br /> p. 26. <br /> Phosphorus Sodium bicarbonate extraction and AA <br /> Analysis , Olsen, et al . , 1954 and USDA <br /> Circular 939. <br /> Potassium Ammonium Acetate extraction and AA Analysis , <br /> Sims, 1973, Laboratory Experiences in Soil_ <br /> Science, p. 20-22, 41. <br /> Nitrate Nitrogen Phenoldisulfonic Acid method, Methods of Soil <br /> Analysis , ASA Monograph #9, Part 2, 1965, <br /> Section 84-5.3, p. 1216. <br /> Ammonium Nitrogen Semimicro - Kjeldahl method, ASA Monograph <br /> #9, Part 2, 1965, Section 83-7, p. 1171. <br /> Particle Size Hydrometer method. Bouyoucos, 1962. <br /> Agronomy Journal Volume 54, p. 464-465. <br /> Texture Textural Chart. Soil Survey Manual , USDA <br /> Handbook #18, 1951 , p. 207-211. <br /> 6-3-3 <br />