Appendix 2
ANALYTICAL DATA OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM GOVERNMENT FISH FARMS ¹ 1969–70

Sr. No.	Fish Farm	pH (H₂O)	Soil Texture (%)			Organic Carbon	Humus	Total N	Available N	Available N	Remarks
		pH (H₂O)	0.05	0.05 - 0.002	0.002	Organic Carbon	Humus	Total N	Available N	Available N
		1:2.5	mm	mm	mm	%	%	%	mg/100g	mg/100g
1	Hlawga	4.7	7.5	52.1	40.4	0.57	0.98	0.065	1.22	2.92	silty - clay
2	Phalan	4.8	5.8	59.0	35.2	1.03	1.73	0.076	1.86	1.40	silty clay - loam
3	Pegu	6.2	35.6	30.2	34.2	0.60	1.02	0.050	0.82	2.36	clay loam
4	Prome	5.9	17.7	30.1	52.2	0.66	1.14	0.062	0.98	2.60	clay
5	Mandalay	8.0	21.6	30.2	48.2	0.60	1.08	0.046	1.82	6.00	clay
6	Pyinmana	8.0	24.6	49.5	25.9	1.04	1.73	0.046	1.31	7.30	loam
7	Nyaungshwe	8.0	5.9	41.0	53.1	0.89	1.54	0.088	1.45	6.80	silty - clay
8	Shwebo	7.5	45.6	26.2	28.2	0.56	0.98	0.025	1.02	2.00	sandy clay - loam
9	Twante
	a) old pond	6.5	0.4	40.0	59.6	1.12	1.94	0.135	21.49	15.80	silty clay
	b) newly dug pond	7.0	1.9	44.3	54.8	1.54	2.54	0.108	2.84	1.72	silty clay

¹ Soil samples were analysed in the Land Use Bureau Laboratory by the kind courtesy of the Director, Land Use Bureau, Rangoon, Burma