8 The Bulletix 



The county has a splendid health record, as the surface is high and 

 rolling and thoroughly drained. Good Avater from either wells or springs 

 can be had in all parts of the county. 



NORMAL MONTHLY, SEASONAL, AND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION 

 AT CHARLOTTE. MECKLENBURG COUNTY. 



SOILS 



One of the important things concerning soils is how the various tyites 

 or classes of land have been formed. In Gaston County, which lies in 

 the Piedmont region of the State, all of the upland soils are nothing 

 more than broken or decayed rock fragments with the addition of organic 

 matter. The more common rocks underlying the soils here are granites, 

 gneisses, and schists. These rocks are usually light gray and vary from 

 fine to coarse grained. The granite is particularly noticeable around 

 Gastonia, Dallas, Ilardins. High Shoals, northeast of McAdeiu'ille, near 

 Union Church, and between Dallas and Bessemer City. Around Cherry- 

 ville and to the west of Mountain Island a very coarse green granite and. 

 in some ])laces, gneiss occur. Vho weathering of these coarse granites 

 and gneisses has given rise to the Durham coarse sandy loam and the 



