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METHODOLOGY

Sample collection
Firstly the field of approximately 17 hectors was divided into sample grids of 50 meters by 50
meters, thus in every hector 4 sample grids were created. Then in each sample grid soil samples
were collected within the grid consisting 5 cores and composited to one sample at 10 foot radius,
GPS coordinates were recorded for each sample grid. Soil samples were collected at a depth of 0
– 20 cm and 20 – 40cm, top and sub respectively. A total of 130 sample were collected 65 top
and 65 sub. Then the samples air dried the taken to the lab for analysis.

Results

SAMPLE % OM PH TEXTURAL CLASS


top 1 1.50 5.52 sandy clay loam
sub 1.50 5.54 sandy clay loam
top 2 1.82 5.31 sandy clay loam
sub 1.71 5.5 sandy clay loam
top 3 2.61 5.47 sandy clay loam
sub 1.61 5.63 sandy clay loam
top 4 2.04 5.42 sandy clay loam
sub 1.52 5.35 sandy clay loam
top 5 1.77 5.45 sandy clay loam
sub 1.20 5.32 sandy clay loam
top 6 2.75 5.41 sandy clay loam
sub 2.18 5.17 sandy clay loam
top 7 2.94 5.01 sandy clay loam
sub 3.67 5.23 sandy clay
top 8 2.78 5.49 sandy clay loam
sub 2.18 5.26 sandy clay loam
top 9 2.94 5.16 sandy clay loam
sub 2.40 5.11 sandy clay loam
top 10 2.78 5.24 sandy clay loam
sub 2.18 5.15 sandy clay loam
top 11 2.94 5.33 sandy clay loam
sub 2.01 5.27 sandy clay loam
top 12 2.01 5.03 sandy clay loam
sub 0.98 5.12 sandy clay loam
top 13 1.36 4.75 sandy clay loam
sub 0.71 4.62 sandy clay loam
top 14 2.40 5.45 sandy clay loam
sub 1.36 5.32 sandy clay loam
top 15 1.61 5.15 sandy clay
sub 1.09 5.24 sandy clay
top 16 2.31 5.32 sandy clay loam
sub 1.22 5.25 sandy clay
top 17 1.91 5.33 sandy clay loam
sub 1.74 5.26 sandy clay loam
top 18 1.93 5.76 sandy loam
sub 1.91 5.6 sandy loam
top 19 1.80 4.92 sandy clay loam
sub 1.31 4.82 sandy clay loam
top 20 2.20 5.17 sandy clay loam
sub 1.85 5.25 sandy clay loam
top 21 1.91 4.65 sandy clay loam
sub 1.71 4.96 sandy clay loam
top 22 2.10 4.54 sandy loam
sub 1.55 4.67 sandy clay loam
top 23 2.31 5.42 sandy clay loam
sub 2.01 5.35 sandy clay loam
top 24 2.97 5.03 sandy clay loam
sub 2.64 5.33 sandy clay loam
top 25 1.85 5.2 sandy loam
sub 2.01 5.37 sandy loam
top 26 3.62 5.35 sandy clay loam
sub 1.36 5.42 sandy clay loam
top 27 2.99 5.76 sandy clay loam
sub 3.08 5.46 sandy clay loam
top 28 2.91 5.15 sandy clay loam
sub 2.29 5.11 Sandy clay loam
top 29 2.12 5.3 sandy clay loam
sub 3.43 5.55 sandy clay loam
top 30 2.50 5.53 sandy clay loam
sub 3.16 5.86 sandy clay
top 31 2.42 5.4 sandy clay loam
sub 2.99 5.26 sandy clay loam
top 32 2.31 5.23 sandy clay loam
sub 3.48 5.1 sandy clay loam
top 33 2.40 5.4 sandy clay loam
sub 2.40 5.61 sandy clay loam
top 34 2.23 5.53 sandy clay loam
sub 2.45 5.17 sandy clay loam
top 35 1.50 5.21 sandy clay loam
sub 1.06 5.01 sandy clay loam
top 36 1.44 5.17 sandy clay loam
sub 0.79 5.05 sandy clay loam
top 37 0.68 4.93 sandy clay
sub 0.54 5.23 sandy clay
top 38 1.63 5.16 sandy clay loam
sub 1.31 5.11 sandy clay
top 39 1.33 5.1 sandy clay loam
sub 0.73 5.27 sandy clay loam
top 40 2.50 5.43 sandy clay loam
top 41 2.34 5.05 sandy clay loam
sub 1.74 5.16 sandy clay loam
top 42 1.99 5.05 sandy clay loam
sub 1.31 4.9 sandy clay loam
top 43 2.67 5 sandy clay
sub 2.10 5.24 sandy clay loam
top 44 1.77 5.13 sandy clay loam
sub 0.84 5 sandy clay loam
top 45 1.82 5.1 sandy clay loam
sub 1.28 5.16 sandy clay loam
top 46 1.31 5.27 sandy clay
sub 0.49 5.37 sandy clay loam
top 47 2.07 5.15 sandy clay loam
sub 2.40 5.07 sandy clay loam
top 48 1.31 5.01 sandy clay
sub 0.84 5.11 sandy clay loam
top 49 1.85 4.55 sandy clay loam
sub 1.31 4.86 sandy clay loam
top 50 2.42 4.91 sandy clay loam
sub 1.52 4.96 sandy clay loam
top 51 2.61 4.71 sandy clay loam
sub 2.15 4.81 sandy clay loam
top52 2.42 5.15 sandy clay loam
sub 1.28 4.72 sandy clay loam
top 53 2.18 5.11 sandy clay loam
sub 1.80 5.3 sandy clay
top 54 1.63 4.94 sandy clay
sub 1.33 5.17 sandy clay loam
top 55 1.47 4.91 sandy clay loam
sub 1.06 5.25 sandy loam
top 56 2.07 5.22 sandy clay loam
sub 1.22 5.15 sandy loam
top 57 0.52 5.07 sandy clay loam
sub 0.30 5.05 sandy clay loam
top 58 0.71 5 sandy clay loam
sub 0.24 4.95 sandy clay loam
top 59 0.46 5.26 sandy clay loam
sub 0.30 5.21 sandy loam
top 60 0.65 5.11 sandy clay loam
sub 0.30 5.05 sandy clay loam
top 61 0.52 4.96 sandy loam
sub 0.27 4.85 sandy clay loam
top 62 0.57 5.15 sandy clay loam
sub 0.33 5.25 sandy clay loam
top63 -0.11 5.45 sandy loam
sub -0.22 5.3 sandy clay loam
top 64 0.44 5.15 sandy clay loam
sub -0.08 5.2 sandy clay loam
top 65 0.19 5 sandy clay loam
sub 0.05 4.95 sandy loam

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