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"It is interesting to note that i)cacheH are adapted to H i)er cent of tlie stony loam, 

 24j)er cent of the sand, 55 per cent of the fine sand, 12 ]>cr cent of the sandy loam, 

 2 per cent of the fine sandy loam, and 2 per cent of the loam, and are not reported 

 as an inijjortant crop on any of the other classes of soil. Wheat is reported as an 

 important crop on 34 per cent of the stony loam, 47 per cent of the gravelly loam, 20 

 per cent of the sandy hjam, 5 per cent of the fine sandy loam, 74 i>er cent of the 

 loam, 89 per cent of the shale loam, 38 per cent of the silt loan, 69 per cent of the 

 clay loam, 44 per cent of clay, and 87 per cent of the adobe. This confirms the gen- 

 eral impression that jteaches are adapted to loose, open soils of a sandy natnre, and 

 to some stony loams, while wheat is l)est adapted to a loam soil and not so well to 

 heavy clay soils. . . . 



'.'It will be noticed that tobacco is reported as an imi>ortant crop on a wide range 

 of soils. The reason for this may be tonnd in the fact that different classes of tobacco 

 reqnire very different soils. The light, sandy soils are nsed in Connecticut for the 

 wrajjper-leaf tobacco for domestic cigars, and in ^^irginia and North Carolina for the 

 bright yellow tol)acco. Wrapper leaf is also grown with consideral)le success in the 

 Connecticut Valley on one of the stony loam soils. In Oliio a filler to])acco for 

 domestic cigars is grown sut-cessfuily on a gravelly loam, and in Tennessee another 

 type of gravelly loam jirodiices an export type of tobacco. So far as the survey has 

 extended, toliacco is not grown on any of the types of fine sand. It is found, 

 however, on the sandy loams, which in Maryland produce a smoking tobacco, in 

 Virginia a manufacturing tobacco, in Connecticut a cigar-wrapper leaf, and in Penn- 

 sylvania a cigar filler. One of the types of fine sandy loam produces a cigar wrapper 

 in Connecticut, and a similar type m North Carolina jiroduces a bright yellow tobacco. 

 The types of loam, silt loam, clay loam, and clay also produce a num])er of types 

 of tobacco, according to the character of the soil and the climatic conditions. . . . 



