418 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



about 55.5 per cent of the area. It is stated that as a whole the soils are not 

 of high fertility and need drainage, lime, organic matter, and good tillage. 



Soil survey of Bladen County, North Carolina, R. B. Hakdison, R. T. Alli;n, 

 B. B. Deerick, L. L. BraNKLEY, S. O. Pekkixs, and R. C. Jx-kney (L*. S. Dcpt. 

 Agr., Advance Sheets Field Operations Bur. Soils, 1914, pp. 35, fig. 1, map 1).— 

 This survey, made in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Agri- 

 culture and issued October 14, 1915, deals with the soils of an area of 542,080 

 acres in southeastern North Carolina, the topography of which ranges from 

 level to undulating and gently rolling. "All portions of Bladen County are 

 well watered, but the region is not adequately drained, so that one of the main 

 problems is the reclamation of swampy areas. 



" Bladen County lies wholly within the Coastal Plain Province, and the soils 

 have been derived from unconsolidated sands and clays, and locally from heavy 

 clays of sedimentary origin." Twenty-two soil tjTpes of twelve series are 

 mapped, of which the Norfolk types, including sand, fine sandy loam, sandy 

 loam, fine sand, and very fine sandy loam, are the most extensive and impor- 

 tant. The Portsmouth sand is the most extensive single type. It is stated 

 that the soils are usually deficient in organic matter. 



Soil survey of Chesterfield County, South Carolina, W. J. LATiiiEB, M. W. 

 Beck, J. M. Snyder, L. Cantrell, and N. M. Kirk {U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Advance 

 Sheets Field Operations Bur. Soils, 19U, PP- -'lo, pi. 1, fig. 1, map i).— This sur- 

 vey, issued December 23, 1915, deals with tlie soils of an area of 510,720 acres 

 in northeastern South Carolina, comprising parts of the Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain provinces, the topography of which is rolling to hilly, with a few level 

 areas. The surface drainage is generally well established. 



" The soils of Chesterfield County fall into four general gi-oups — upland soils 

 derived from beds of unconsolidated sands and clays, upland soils derived from 

 slates and granites, first-bottom overflow land, and terrace or old alluvium. 

 The first covers about 60 per cent of the county, tlie second about 25 per cent, 

 the third about 10 per cent, and the fourth about 5 per cent." Including 5 mis- 

 cellaneous types, 32 soil types of 19 series are mapped, of which the Norfolk 

 sand and sandy loam are the pretlominating types. " The sandy soils which 

 have been cultivated for some time and the unimproved heavy soils are in need 

 of organic matter. ... A very small part of the county is in need of artificial 

 drainage. . . . Erosion is active in some of the more rolling or hilly areas, 

 resulting in serious damage." 



Soils of western Washington, E. B. Stookjey ( Washington Sta., West. Wash. 

 Sta., Mo. Bill, 3 (1915), No. 8, pp. 10-15). — The general characteristics of the 

 soils of western Washington are briefly discussed, it being pointed out that about 

 half of the soils are of glacial origin, over a third of residual origin, and the 

 remainder of lake and wind-laid, alluvial fan, coastal plain, river-flood plain, 

 and muck and peat origin. 



Soil survey of Dane Covuity, Wisconsin, "W. J. Geib, A. E. Taylor, anil G. 

 Conrey (U. S. Dept. Agr., Advance Sheets Field Operations Bur. Soils, 1913, pp. 

 78, fig. 1, map 1). — This survey, made in cooperation with the Wisconsin Geo- 

 logical and Natural History Survey and issued December 20, 1915, deals with 

 the soils of an area of 709,280 acres in soutliern Wisconsin, the surface of which 

 varies from level or gently undulating prairies and outwash plains to hilly and 

 broken country. The western part of the county is driftless and the configura- 

 tion Is largely the result of erosion. The remainder of the county has been 

 greatly influenced by glacial action. 



The soils of over half the county are derived from the debris of the last Wis- 

 consin glaciatlon and of a very small part from the pre-Wisconsin gluciation. 

 " In addition to these sources of material a mantle of loess has been deposited 



