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streams, yet all of it is subject to overflow during freshets. Occasion- 

 ally the crops are damaged or destroyed. 



By straight cuing and deepening the natural drainage- ways and 

 digging lateral ditches this laud cau^ for the most part be reclaimed 

 and made very productive. It now yields from 20 to 50 bushels of 

 corn per acre without any fertilizer. As a corn and grass soil it is 

 held in high esteem." 



In the following table is given the analyses of Congaree silt loam 

 type of soil and subsoil: 



AVERAGE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 



AVERAGE MECHANICAL ANALYSIS. 



Surface soil- 

 Subsoil 



Fine 



Gravel, 



Per Cent 



Coarse 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



0.0 

 0.0 



0.2 

 0.1 



Medium 



Sand, 

 Per Cent 



0.4 

 0.4 



Fine 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



4.4 

 3.8 



Very Fine 



Sand, 

 Per Cent 



10.1 

 9.5 



Silt, 

 Per Cent 



70.3 

 65.5 



Clay, 

 Per Cent 



14.7 

 20.7 



WEHADKEE SILT LOAM. 



This is a white or light gray land occurring in the first bottoms uloug 

 the streams and has been washed down from the Alamance soils. The 

 largest bodies lie along Brown Creek and near the headwaters of the 

 Southfork or Crooked Creek. It overflows frequently and the natural 

 drainage is poor. However, most of it can be reclaimed by open ditches. 



The soil is a white to gray mellow silt loam underlain by a mottled 

 yellow, gray, or brown silty clay loam or clay. The yields of corn are 

 lower than upon the brown bottom-land (Congaree silt loam). The 

 soil is naturally sour .and is greatly benefited by tiie a])i)li<';iti()n of 

 1,000 to 2,000 pounds of lime per acre. This land should be mainly 

 for pasturage, as Bermuda and other grasses do exceptionally well. 



