About 0.5 Kg composite samples from 10 - 20 sub sam- ples were taken in plastic bags of 1 Kg capacity by quar- tering technique taken in zig zag along different sections of the area until the whole area was covered. A represen- tative composite soil sample from agricultural is made up of 10 - 20 sub samples from a uniform field. Sub samples are taken with a soil auger after cleaning ground tightlywith wooden pestle in a wooden mortar. The composite sample is spread to be air dried and extraneous material such as leaves, twigs, rocks etc. were removed. The whole of composite sample is spread in a uniform way and go on quartering and taking diagonal quarters reject- ing the other too till approximately 500 gm soil sample is obtained. The sample is filtered through a 2 mm plastic sieve. About 0.5 Kg filtered soil sample was stored in a clean polythene bag with proper labelling for analysis.