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favorably for the use of improved machinery. The natural drainage 

 is splendid and the presence of the gravel and slate particles seems to 

 prevent washing and erosion. This gravel also has a beneficial effect 

 in rendering the soil more open and porous, and also to prevent baking 

 or running together of the fine material. 



The Georgeville gravelly silt loam is used principally for the grow- 

 ing of corn and cotton. However, all crops common to the county are 



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Fig. 4. — A typical modern farm home. 



successfully produced. Corn yields from 15 to 40 bushels, cotton 14 to 

 1 bale, oats 10 to 65 bushels, and cowpeas I/2 to 1 ton of hay per acre. 

 Clovers do well where lime is applied and inoculation is given the seed 

 or soil. Apples, peaches, pears, and figs give fair returns. This soil, 

 owing to its good clay foundation, is capable of high improvement by 

 turning under green manuring crops or barnyard manure and by 

 deeper plowing, together with the addition of a liberal application of 

 lime. 



