REPORT ON CABARRUS COUNTY SOILS AND 



AGRICULTURE 



By (-'. B. Williams, \\ . K. Hearn, J. K. Pi.ummer and \V. F. Pate. 



Cabarrus County lies in the west-central part of ISTortli Carolina. It 

 is bounded on the north by Rowan and Iredell eounties, on the east by 

 Stanly County, on the south by Union and Mecklenburg counties, and 

 on the west by Mecklenburg County. It contains 368 squares miles or 

 235,520 acres. 



SURFACE FEATURES 



The general surface features or topography of Cabarrus County con- 

 sist of a series of geiitly rolling to almost level interstream areas, which 



PlQ. 1. — Typical laiMK.-aj't- snuum^ -.iiil.v lu.iiim ii.iuiie of the farm lands of the county 



become more rolling, hilly, and broken as the streams are approached. 

 A strip extending inward from 4 to 5 miles across the county along tlie 

 Stanly County line has gently rolling surface features, in the vicinity 

 of Harrisburg and to the north and also to the south of Pioneer Mills 

 the surface is prevailingly flat to undulating, being the smoothest part 

 of the county. Tlie remainder and by far the greater portion of the 



