EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



453 



Description. 



county. Weesaw, Berrien, Mies and Three Oaks, Buchanan, 

 Lake, Bertrand, Oronoko townships 



Level sand along St. Joseph and Paw Paw river and Dowagiac 

 creek. Oak land 



Undulating to rolling sand largely timbered with maple, elm, oak, 

 hickory, large area around Arden 



Rolling sand original timber beech, oak, hickory and maple, fruit 

 land. Occurs principally in Watervliet, Bainbridge and Pipe- 

 stone townships 



rounds 

 per acre 



79fi 

 1248 



775 



1206 



Figure 15. — Some soils respond to nitrogen, pliosphorus and potassium in the initial stages of 

 their improvement. Rye growing on Cass Count j' farm, on the right no treatment, on the 

 left, nitrate of soda, acid phosphate and potash. 



CASS COUNTY SOILS. 



Undulating to rolling sand with a sandy subsoil. Oak and beech 

 land found in Milton, Howard, LaGrange, Wayne, Silver Creek 

 townships 



Undulating to rolling sandy loam, original timber beech, maple, 

 hickory, basswood. Occurs principally in LaGrange, Silver 

 Creek and Porter townships 



Undulating loam, original timber beech, maple, hickory and bass- 

 wood. Areas found in Pokagon, Penn, Calvin, Mason, Porter, 

 Newberg, Marcellus and Volinia townships 



Prairie, Volinia, Penn and Milton townships 



ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SOILS. 



Prairie soils, areas near Colon, Flowerfield Station, Mendon, 

 Sturgis, White Pigeon and Three Rivers 



Level sand typical of large areas throughout the county — oak, 

 maple 



1018 



1117 



1227 

 1903 



1093 



787 



