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1. Nearly all of these sands originally coverd by hard wood such as 

 maple, oak, beach, elm, etc., can be depended upon to produce fair to 

 good crops. 



2. Areas which originally supported good growths of white pine 

 usually prove reasonably productive, and for some crops such as pota- 

 toes and clover, quite productive. 



3. Areas originally covered with Norway pine are uncertain. 



4. Areas originally covered with Jack pine can rarely be depended 

 upon for profitable crops, and never under ordinary methods of soil 

 management. 



5. Where the original forest vegetation has been removed the pro- 

 ductiveness of these soils is indicated by the density of the growth of 

 grass, shrubs, brakes, and other plants which occupy the ground. 



It sometimes happens that the prospective purchaser of wild lands 

 may form a fair estimate of the cropping value by observing the crops 

 growing upon near-by cultivated areas having the same formation. 



CROPS. 



The crops best suited to these soils are: potatoes, clover, rye, buck- 

 wheat, and in some cases wheat, oats and barley. Truck crops do well; 

 corn and beans do fairly well. Alfalfa promises to prove a very valu- 

 able crop for these soils. They are not adapted to the growing of sugar 

 beets. 



Mr, O. K. White says of these soils: 



Peaches, grapes, cherries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and 

 a few varieties of apples, pears, and plums can be grown profitably upon 

 a sandy soil, if: 



1. The location provides sufficient air drainage so that the trees, 

 bushes, fruit buds, or crops are secure from severe winter freezing, or 

 late spring frosts and early fall frosts, as the case may be. 



2. The location has good natural surface and soil drainage. 



3. The soil is deep and fertile and underlaid with a strong subsoil 

 of clay or loam so that it will support a healthy vigorous growth. 



4. The soil is so managed as to conserve moisture and maintain a 

 fertile condition by the judicial use of barnyard manures, cover crops, 

 and commercial fertilizers. 



MANAGEMENT. 



In the handling of these soils the farmer should keep in mind always 

 the great importance of the presence of organic matter in the soil. To 

 this end he should adopt methods that will result in introducing into 

 and retaining in these soils the greatest possible amount of organic 

 matter. 



CLEARING AND BREAKING. 



In clearing these lands all logs and loose stumps should be hauled 

 (ifT and disposed of by burning or otherwise. Logs and stumps should 

 not be burned in place. The rotten portions of logs and stumps should 

 be retained and scattered over the surface. The surface should not be 

 burned over but all material that can possibly be plowed under should 

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