The Bulletin 



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Cotton, corn, and wheat are grown, and fair jdelds are obtained. 

 Cotton, lima beans, Irish potatoes, cabbage, and vegetables give better 

 returns than other crops. 



The following table gives the results of mechanical analysis of 

 samples of the soil and subsoil of the Cecil loam : 



MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF CECIL LOAM. 



DURHAM SANDY LOAM 



This soil and the Durham coarse sandy loam are the 'Svhitish" or 

 "light gray sandy lands" of this region. There are 5,760 acres of the 

 Durham sandy loam in the county. Most of this soil occurs in rather 

 large bodies to the southeast of Concord and southwest of Mount 

 Pleasant, and also to the northeast of Macedonia. 



Fig. 5. — This scraper is beintc used quite commonl.v to put the roads in better shape 



The surface soil to a depth of about 8 to 15 inches is a light gray 

 loamy sand containing a few quartz fragments. The subsoil is a yellow 

 friable clay or sandy clay. It occupies level to gently rolling to hilly 

 surface features, the rougher areas comprising the slopes near the 

 streams. The best farming areas lie to the southwest of Mount Pleasant 



and on the ridges in the vicinitv of Concord. 



It is Avell drajjied. 



