454 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Description. 



Undulating sand with j-ellow sand subsoil. Areas in Colon, 

 Constantine, Park and Mendon townships. Oak, beech, maple 



Undulating to rolling sandy loam to silt loam. Beech and maple 

 land, large areas in Leonidas and Mendon townships 



Undulating sandy loom willi sandy subsoil — beech, maple and 

 oak land. Areas lonuil in Flowerfield, Sturgis, Fawn River 

 and Park townships 



Pounds 

 per acre 



914 



1312 



954 



BRANCH COUNTY SOILS, 



Undulating to rolling sandy loam to silt loam. Hickory, maple, 

 oak and beech. Large areas in all townships except Bethel 

 and Noble 1115 



Level sand areas throughout county, oak 992 



Level sand to sandy loam. Oak, maple. Areas in Ovid, Butler, 



Giriad, Sherwood, Union, Batavia and IMatteson 1 1'?!) 



Undulating to rolling sand to sandy loam. Oak, liickory, beech, 

 occurs principally in the eastern part of Bethel township 1001 



Undulating sand (glacial outwash) southwest corner of Noble 



township, poplar, red oak, elm, ash 1017 



Figure 16. — The rosponsp of crops to applications of phosphorus to some soils is remarkable. 

 Oats growing on Van Buren County soil ; on the right the soil received 2000 pounds of raw 

 rock phosphate per acre the previous year, on the left no phosphate was applied. 



VAN BUREN COUNTY S0ILS» 



Poor rolling sand, original timber oak and beech, occurs prin- 

 cipally in Decatur, Porter, Almena, Antwerp and Paw Paw 

 townships 971 



Level to undulating sand, oak openings, large areas throughout 



county 9S5 



