COLLECTION AND PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLES 2 Collection and preparation of soil samples 1 Collection and preparation of soil samples for analysis 1 Determination of rhelogical properties 1 ESTIMATION OF SOIL TEXTURE 1 Estimation of soil moisture and soil moisture constants 1 Estimation of soil texture 1 Hydrogen ion concentration 1 MECHANICAL ANALYSIS 1 Mechanicall analysis 1 Nitrogen 1 PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLES 1 SOIL DENSITI AND POROSITY 1 SOIL REACTION AND LIME POTENTIAL 1 SOILCOLOUR 1 Single value soil constants 1 Soil density and porosity 1 WATER SOLUBLE SALTS 1