The Bulletin 



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CECIL COARSE SANDY LOAM 



This is the gray to reddish-grown coarse saudy soil, having a red 

 sandy clay or stiff clay subsoil. The soil carries a considerable quantity 

 of fine gravel, and this, together with coarse sand, gives a loose, porous 

 structure to the material in some places, while in others there is enough 

 silt and clay to cause the soils to bake slightly. 



There are 10,240 acres of this soil, and most of it lies in the northern 

 end of the county around Kannapolis. Bodies of it also occur to the 

 west of Gillwood Church and northeast of Bogens Chapel. It is de- 

 veloped on the broad ridges, having a gently rolling to rolling surface 

 and possessing excellent natural drainage. It warms up comparatively 

 early in the spring, and this fact renders it suitable for the growing of 

 vegetables. Corn, cotton, wheat, oats, cowpeas, sorghum cane, sweet 

 potatoes, and peanuts are successfully grown. In the deeper and more 

 sandy areas bright tobacco can be produced profitably. This soil is 

 fertilized and handled in the same way as the sandy loam, and the 

 recommendations suggested for the improvement of that type will 

 apply well to the coarse sandy loam. 



The following table gives the average results of analyses of soil and 

 subsoil of Cecil course sandy loam : 



CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 



MECHANICAL ANALY.SIS. 



Surface soil. 

 Subsoil 



Fine 

 Gravel, 

 Per Cent 



15.9 

 3.8 



Coarse 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



23.2 

 9.6 



Medium 



Sand, 

 Per Cent 



11.0 

 6.0 



Fine 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



18.4 

 8.4 



Very Fine 



Sand, 

 Per Cent 



4.0 

 2.4 



Silt, 

 Per Cent 



21.9 

 25.0 



Clay, 

 Per Cent 



5.0 

 44.8 



CECIL FINE SANDY LOAM 



This type is next to the smallest in size of Cecil soils in the county. 

 It embraces only 7,040 acres. Most of it is confined to the northern 

 part of the county between Heilman's Mill and Barrier School, with 

 scattering bodies to the south of Harrisburg and Poplar Tent Church 

 near Pioneer Mills. 



