Chapter V

Of Soils—their Organic and Inorganic Portions—Saline
Matter in Soils—Examination and Classification of
Soils—Diversities of Soils and Subsoils.

Soils consist of two parts,—of an _organic_ part, which can readily be burnt away when the soil is heated to redness; and of an _inorganic_ part, which is fixed in the fire, and which consists entirely of earthy and saline substances.