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The Bulletin 



The surface soil is gray to reddish-brown fine sandy loam to a depth 

 of about 5 to 10 inches, being mellow and friable. It is underlain by 

 red stiff clay w^hich shows mottlings of yellow in places below 24 inches. 

 Its surface varies from almost level to rolling and hilly, and the drain- 

 age is good for the greater part of it. 



About one-half of the type is under cultivation and the remainder is 

 forested principally to hardwoods. Corn and cotton are the main crops 

 grown, and the yields are about the same as upon the Cecil sandy loam. 

 Wheat and oats and also cowpeas do well on the heavier areas of this 

 soil. 



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

 subsoil of Cecil fine sandy loam : 



CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 



MECHANICAL ANALYSIS. 



Surface soil. 

 Subsoil 



Fine 

 Gravel, 

 Per Cent 



1.8 

 2.1 



Coarse 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



7.4 

 4.9 



Medium 



Sand, 

 Per Cent 



11.0 

 6.3 



Fine 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



25.3 

 12.5 



Very Fine 



Sand, 

 Per Cent 



17.4 

 7.1 



Silt, 

 Per Cent 



29.8 

 31.5 



Clay, 

 Per Cent 



7.3 

 35.6 



CECIL LOAM 



The Cecil loam is the smallest type in the county, there being only 

 960 acres. This soil lies to the west and south of Concord, along what 

 is known as "Rock Kidge." White Hall and Jackson Training School 

 are also located upon it. 



The soil is a brown to gray loam of a mellow structure, and the sub- 

 soil is a red stiff brittle clay, passing usually at from 18 to 24 inches 

 into rotten rock. Large bowlders and fragments of rock occur on the 

 .surface, and frequently the bedrock joins the surface soil. It occupies 

 the high ridges, having almost level surface features, and is naturally 

 well drained. The shallow soil areas underlain by rock are liable to 

 suffer from drought. 



