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Corn yields from 15 to 40 busliels; wheat from 10 to 20 bushels; 

 oats from 15 to 35 bushels per acre. Cotton is grown to some extent, 

 but the yields are generally low, due in part to early frosts in the slate 

 belt. 



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

 subsoil of Georgeville silt loam : 



CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 



MECHANICAL ANALYSIS. 



Surface soil- 

 Subsoil 



Fine 



Gravel, 



Per Cent 



3.8 

 0.9 



Coarse 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



3.4 

 1.9 



Medium 



Sand, 

 Pel Cent 



1.9 

 1.2 



Fine 



Sand, 



Per Cent 



Vei-y Fine 



Sand, 

 Per Cent 



13.2 

 7.0 



Silt, 

 Per Cent 



50.3 

 39.2 



Clay. 

 Per Cent 



21.2 

 45.8 



CONGAREE SILTY CLAY LOAM 



This type represents 7,360 acres of fertile land developed in the first 

 bottoms along the streams. It occurs in strips varying in width from 

 a few yards to a half mile along Dutch Buffalo, Irish Bufl'alo, and 

 Cold Water creeks and Kocky River. It occupies the low-lying flat lands 

 only a few feet above the normal water level of the streams. Overflows 

 are frequent when the land has not been reclaimed by canals. 



The surface soil is a brown to reddish-brown silty clay loam with a 

 depth of ,15 to 30 inches, being smooth and Avorking up into a good tilth. 

 It is underlain by a brown silty clay. Both soil and subsoil contain 

 small flakes of mica. Spots of fine sandy loam were included with the 

 type in places along Cold Water and Coddle creeks. It is naturally 

 one of the richest soils in the county, being composed of the fine sedi- 

 ments or so-called cream of the uplands which have been washed down 

 and deposited along the streams. It is especially adapted to corn and 

 grasses. Corn yields from 50 to 100 bushels per acre without fertilizer, 

 while wild grasses flourish and make good hay or afford excellent pas- 

 turage for cattle during a large part of the year. 



