EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 457 



founds 

 Di'soriptioii. por acre 



Gently rolling grayish brown sand. Original timber pine, sec- 

 ond-growth oak. Areas in Troy township 538 



Flat gray and sand plains found in the northwestern part of the 

 county. Original timber pine, second-growth poplar and scrub 

 oak 506 



Gray sand with yellow to reddish brown sand subsoil. So-called 

 "flats" of the north central part of the county. Original tim- 

 ber pine. Very little second growth 552 



Level brown to gray sand. Soil quite deep. Large pine land 



areas in Barton and Norwich townships 748 



Gray sand with reddish yellow sand subsoil. Large pine land. 

 Large areas in Goodwell and Wilcox townships 705 



Eolling brown sand with clayey sand subsoil, original timber 



large pine and hardwood. Large areas in Ensley township. . . 1317 



Rolling brown to gray sandy loam with heavy subsoil. Hard- 

 wood land areas in eastern Big Prairie and Goodwell twps. . . . 758 



SOILS OF THE LAKE BED AREA IN EASTERN MICHIGAN. 



Undulating to slightly rolling brown silt loam on yellowish 

 brown clay, pre-domiuating type of soil in Macomb, St. Clair 

 and Huron counties, and large areas occurring in Sanilac 

 and Oakland counties 1304 



Level to undulating or rolling brown sand underlaid by j^ellow 

 sand and then clay. Areas occur along Lake Huron and the 

 St. Clair and Black rivers. Several areas occur in Huron 

 county 530 



Undulating to gently rolling brown sandy loam containing some 



gravel, principally in St. Clair, Macomb and Oakland counties 1092 



Sandy ridges of southeast corner of tlie Lake Bed Area 1050 



Level to undulating sand underlaid at varying depths by clay. 



Southeast corner of the Lake Bed 1786 



Undulating to gently rolling sandy loam with loamy subsoil, oc- 

 curring where larger streams enter the Lake Bed Area 751 



Black sandy loam underlaid by grayish sandy clay which grades 



into a heavier soil. Areas in Saginaw, Bay and (ienesee county 1115 



Black silt loam on yellowish brown clay subsoil, level to un- 

 dulating. Areas occur from the thumb south to the State line 1010 



Low lying silt loam with water table about 24 inches below the 

 surface. Used for hay and pasture in the southeastern part of 

 the Lake Bed Area 017 



Dark colored sandy loam with a heavy subsoil, large areas of 

 which occur in Saginaw and Bay Counties, and smaller areas 

 in neighboring counties 1150 



Dark colored silt loam on a heavy subsoil occurring in Iosco, 

 Arenac, and other counties in the northern part of the Lake 

 Bed Area 1216 



Dark colored sandy loam with gravely subsoil forming the Utica 

 plains of Macomb county 751 



