The Bulletin. 5 



The soil of this farm consists, princiinilly, of sandy loam, with 

 moderately fine sand, imderlaid by a rather tenacions sandy clay 

 snbsoil at a depth, generally, of from 8 to 12 inches. The subsoil is a 

 moderately good sandy clay, such as is found under the larger portion 

 of the lands of the eastern part of the State. . This type of soil 

 responds very readily in remunerative crops to proper fertilization 

 and cultivation, and represents a large and important part of the 

 coastal plain formation, which comprises something like forty per 

 cent of the total area of the State. It is the type of soil designated 

 by the ISTational Bureau of Soils as Norfolk fine sandy loam. 



Red Springs Farm. — This farm is situated in the coastal plain 

 region, about one mile east of the corporate limits of the town of 

 Red Springs in Robeson County, on a coarse, sandy soil that has a 

 sandy clay subsoil from 12 to 15 inches below the surface. This 

 type of soil is found in considerable areas in the eastern and south- 

 eastern portions of the State, and being of a dry nature and warming 

 up early in the spring, it is especially adapted to the growth of 

 truck and other crops where early maturity is an important consid- 

 eration. Although this type of soil is not as strong as that found 

 on the Edgecombe farm it will produce fairly good yields under lib- 

 eral fertilization and proper cultivation and rotation of crops. 



Iredell Farm. — This farm, located in. the Piedmont section of 

 the State, lies about one and one-half miles northwest of the corpo- 

 rate limits of Statesville, and is bisected by the Statesville and West- 

 ern Division of the Southern Railway. 



The soil consists of a deep red tenacious clay soil and subsoil, 

 which is a type covering a large area of the Piedmont Plateau 

 of this and other South Atlantic States. Generally the only differ- 

 ence between the surface and subsoil in this type of soil is that the 

 former, having been broken up by cultivation and weathering, has 

 more or less vegetable matter worked into it. 



This soil is naturally strong, and is susceptible of high productiv- 

 ity under judicious fertilization and proper cultural management. 

 It is especially adapted to the growth of grains, grasses and clover. 



Transylvania Farm.- — This farm is located at Blantyre on the 

 west side of the French Broad River twelve miles directly west of 

 Hendersonville, and is situated on both sides of the Hendersonville 



