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The Bulletin 



The following classification shows the soils of the county grouped 

 according to origin and important physical differences: 



[ Cecil coarse sandy loam. 



.1 Cecil sandy loam. 

 Mamly from fine to coarse gramed I ^^^.^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ 



granite and gneiss. Gray to red \ ^^^^-j j^^^^^ 



Soils derived in 

 place from 

 weathered 

 products 

 of underlying 

 rocks. 



soils, red clay subsoils. 



I Cecil clay loam. 

 [ Cecil clay 



Mainly from light-colored highly sili- 

 ceous granite. Gray soils, yeUow 

 sandy clay subsoils. 



Mainly from intrusive rocks, as dio- 

 rite. Reddish soUs, yellowish plas- 

 tic clay subsoils. 



Mainly from intrusive rocks, as dio- 

 rite. Dark-brown soils, yellowish 

 waxy clay subsoils. 



Mainly from 

 fine ground 

 bluish slate. 



Gray soils, yellow 

 sUty clay subsoils. 



Durham coarse sandy loam. 

 Durham sandy loam. 



Mecklenburg sandy loam. 

 Mecklenburg clay loam. 



Iredell fine sandy loam. 

 Iredell loam. 



f Alamance silt loam. 

 Alamance sUt loam (shallow 

 I phase.) 

 [ Alamance slate loam. 



Gray to red soils, red 

 clay subsoils. j 



} GeorgeviUe silt loam. 



Soil washed from uplands and deposited in stream bot- 

 toms. Alluvial material subject to overflow. 



Soil washed from uplands and deposited in stream bot- 

 toms. Varied te.xtural material undifferentiated. 

 Subject to overflow. 



Congaree silty clay loam. 



Meadow. 



The following table gives the actual and relative extent of the several 

 soils. Their distribution is shown by means of colors on the accompany- 

 ing map : 



AREAS OF DIFFERENT SOILS. 



Soil 



Cecil clay loam 



Alamance silt loam 



Shallow phase 



Cecil .sandy loam 



Iredell loam 



Gcorgevillc .sill loam. 



Iredell tine sandy loam 



Cecil clay 



Mecklenburg clay loam 



Cecil coarse sandy loam 



Soil 



Congaree silty clay loam 



Cecil fine sandy loam 



Mecklenburg sandy loam 



.Mamance slate loam 



Hurham sandy loam 



Meadow 



Durham coarse sandy loam 

 Cecil loam 



Total 



Acres 



7,360 

 7,010 

 6,464 

 5,824 

 5,760 

 4,736 

 3,200 

 960 



235,520 



Per Cent 



3.1 

 3.0 

 2.7 

 2.5 

 2.4 

 2.0 

 1.4 

 .4 



