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flakes are present in many localities. These soils are of residual origin, 

 being derived through the processes of weathering from granite and 

 gneiss, and locally from schists. Fragments, and boulders of the parent 

 rock are, however, found in places on the surface. The general surface 

 features of the Cecil soils vary from gently rolling to rolling and hilly 

 areas, with broad level to undulating interstream, which become broken 

 and rough as the streams are approached. Practically all of the soils 

 possess excellent natural surface drainage, and the more rolling areas are 

 excessively drained. 



The Cecil Series is the nearest complete of any in the Piedmont 

 region, and includes the following types thus far mapped in Worth Caro- 

 lina: the Cecil sandy loam, clay, clay loam, fine sandy loam, coarse 

 sandy loam, loam, stony sandy loam, gravelly loam, and stony loam. 



CECIL SANDY LOAM. 



The Cecil Sandy Loam, or "gray land" is the most extensive and 

 widely developed soil in the series, occurring in large areas, and well 

 distributed throughout the Piedmont region. The surface soil of this 

 type consists of a yellowish-gray, gray, to light-brown medium, sandy 

 loam, ranging in depth from G to 15 inches. The subsoil is a red, stiif 

 clay, extending to a depth of 3 feet or more. The type includes spots 

 of fine sandy loam and gall spots of clay or clay loam. Occasionally 

 the surface soil is of a reddish-brown color. 



The Cecil Sandy Loam is a mellow and easily tilled soil; one which 

 invites the use of labor-saving machinery. It is the main trucking soil 

 of the Piedmont Plateau Section in North Carolina. The more sandy 

 areas of this type are peculiarly adapted to the production of sweet 

 potatoes, Irish potatoes, peanuts, bright tobacco, watermelons, rye, gar- 

 den vegetables, and many truck crops, while the shallower and heavier 

 areas are well suited to the growing of cotton, corn, oats, cowpeas, 

 sorghum, and crimson clover. The lighter and deep surface soil areas 

 produce a fairly bright leaf tobacco, while the shallow areas grow a 

 heavy dark leaf. It is the principal tobacco soil in many counties, 

 particularly Forsyth. 



AVERAGE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CECIL SANDY LOAM. 



