UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FACULTY OF PLANTATION & AGROTECHNOLOGY

LABORATORY REPORT
COURSE CODE: AGR 231
(SOIL SCIENCE)

EXPERIMENTAL NUMBER AND TITLE: NO.1 / SOIL SAMPLING AND

SOIL PREPARATION
GROUP: RAT1103G
GROUP MEMBERS:
 MUHAMMAD DARWIIS BIN KHAMA (2018697374)
 MUHAMAD HAFIZ BIN MUHAMAD YUSOF (2018634786)
 MUHAMMAD WAFIY BIN AMRAN (2018231544)
 MUHAMMAD AIERRWAN ISKANDAR BIN MOHD SHUKOR
(2018251846)
 NOORAIN BINTI SAFARI (2018253294)
DATE OF EXPERIMENT: 3rd SEPTEMBER 2019
LECTURER’S NAME: NUR FIRDAUS ABDUL RASHID

No. Content Checklist Marks

1. Objective

2. Introduction

3. Procedures/Materials and Methods

4. Results and Discussion

5. Conclusion

6. References
Objective
To give exposure to the students on how to collect a soil sample in the field and preparing the
soil sample.

Introduction
Soil samples are tested in a soil laboratory for their characteristics. To receive appropriate lime
and fertilizer recommendations for your soil, it’s important to send a good soil sample to the
lab for analysis.

Apparatus/Materials

 Auger
 Hoe
 Soil Sampling bag
 Marker pen
 Mortar and pestle
 Sieve (2mm mesh)
 Glass jar with lid

Methods / Procedures
1. An Auger was used to take the soil sample at the harumanis farm site.
2. 1 Kg soil was taken with Auger and were put inside a plastic bag.
3. The soil sample were brought to the lab and placed inside the wooden soil sampling
tray.
4. Wooden soil sampling tray labelled with our group name and the location of the soil
was taken.
5. The soil was leaved to dry for a week by air-drying method.
6. After the soil dried, Mortar and pestle were used to crush the soil gently.
7. Sieve the soil by using 2 mm sieve manually.
8. Separate layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3 into 3 different glass jars.
9. Lastly, the soil sample jars were labelled with our group name.

Discussion
a) Where the soil sample has been taken?
Soil sample has been taken at the harumanis field.

b) What the distance between soil sample taken and crop.

The distance between soil sample taken and crop is 5 metres.
Conclusion

Layer Texture Weight (g) Percentage (%)

Layer 1 Sand 536.97 536.97/1623.25x100=33.08%
Layer 2 Silt 645.09 645.09/1623.25x100=39.74%
Layer 3 Clay 441.19 441.19/1623.25x100=27.18%
Total 1623.25 33.08+39.74+27.18=100%

The result shows the sand in soil sample is 536.97gram, silt is 645.09 gram and clay are 441.19
gram. The heaviest layer in the soil sample is layer 2 which is silt with 645.09 gram. Silt also
has the highest percentage of the soil sample with 39.745, second is sand with 33.08% and clay
with the 27.18%.

References
1- Lab Manual Agr231

Appendix

Figure1: Mortar and pestle were used to beat soil Figure 2: Taking soil sample using
sample to small bits. auger