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farmers are planting the soy bean in the corn rows and also as separate 
crops. This will help to improve the soil. 
Location.—tThe Ciyde loam is developed throughout the county, but 
principally south of the Wabash. 
CLYDE SANDY LOAM. 
Properties.—The Clyde sandy loam consists of a variable black to a 
brownish black loam about sixteen inches deep. The subsoil is a light 
drab or sticky fine sandy or loam mottled with brown or drab and 
grading at about thirty inches into a gravelly yellowish clay. 
Below this and along the border of the lake plain the subsoil and 
the substratum is often of heavier glacier till. In places the top soil 
is Muck but has the typical Clyde subsoil. In other cases the subsoil 
grades into a fine water-bearing sand. 
Location.—This type occurs in the lake plain region and to the east 
north of the Wabash, where it occupies the low depressed areas between 
the more sandy ridges. It is intermingled with higher, island-like areas, 
usually of Miami sandy loam. 
The surface is level or very slightly undulating. The Clyde sandy 
loam is due to an accumulation of an abundant growth of marsh grass 
mixed in with the sand and clay and washed in from the higher bor- 
dering ridges. 
Formerly it was covered with water and marsh grass, but at present 
a system of dredge ditches and lateral drain tile form fairly adequate 
drainage. Care must be taken in the spring of the year, as numerous 
marshy or boggy places occur, due to the excess of water and probably 
the presence of quicksand near the surface. This is a great hindrance 
to farming operations. Perhaps one of the greatest factors is a lack 
of sufficient drainage, but this will be remedied in time. 
The Clyde sandy loam is the most extensive and most important soil 
type of the lake region, in fact of northwestern Cass County. Between 
80% and 90% of this is in cultivation. 
Crops Grown.—Corn and oats are the principal grain crops grown, 
yielding as much as eighty bushels per acre. Some wheat is also grown. 
Before the Clyde sandy loam was drained most of it was used for 
marsh hay and pasture. 
Perhaps potash is the best fertilizer to use, as experiments have 
shown an increase of from ten to twenty bushels per acre of corn from 
its use. 
This type is used for trading purposes more than any other type. 
