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to the production of sweet potatoes, waterineloiis, cauialoupes, berries, 

 and truck crops. Corn yields from 10 to 20 bushels, cotton from one- 

 fourth to one-half bale, sweet potatoes from 80 to 300 bushels per acre. 

 Rye does well, while coAvpeas and sorghum give fair returns. Peaches 

 and cherries find a congenial home in this soil. At present the fertilizer 

 practice on this type is not materially different from that on the Cecil 

 sandy loam. 



As the light color would indicate, this soil is markedly deficient in 

 Imiini.s. It is a mellow, easily tilled soil, warms up early in the spring, 

 and requires only shallow plowing and cultivation with light implements. 

 By turning under coarse manures and green manuring crops, such as 

 cowpeas, crimson clover, or rye, the humus content could be greatly in- 

 creased and a more loamy condition produced in this soil which Avould 

 1)0 reflected in larger yields of staple crops. 



Land of the Durham sandy loam sells at $20 to $60 per acre. 



The following table gives the results of mechanical analyses of the 

 soil and subsoil of this type : 



AVERAGE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF DURHAM SANDY LOAM. 



AVERAGE MECHANICAL ANALYSIS. 



CONGAKEE FINE SANDY LOAM 



This type, comprising 3,200 acres, is a fine sandy loam of a light 

 brown to reddish brown color and generally extending to a depth of 36 

 inches or more. Small scales of mica are present in noticeable quanti- 

 ties. Bordering the river are frequently seen narrow bands of fine sand 

 which were included M-ith this type. 



