MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



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down at varioiTS depths into partly decomposed crystalline rock. 

 Both soil and snbsoil contain broken fragments of qnartz and unde- 

 composed rock. 



This soil, like most residnal soils, contains fair supplies of most of 

 the essential plant foods. Its texture is also favorable to the reten- 

 tion of moderate amounts of soil moisture. The Cecil mica loam is 

 suitable for the production of corn, wheat, and grass, and is capable 

 of attaining a high state of cultivation as a soil adapted to general 

 farm crops. 



The texture of the soil and subsoil is shown by the following 

 mechanical analyses : 



Mechanical Analyses of Cecil Mica Loam. 



THE MEADOW, 



All soils in this area are classed as Meadow whose chief charac- 

 teristics are a level, low-lying position and a poorly drained or semi- 

 marshy condition. K"early all of the areas thus mapped are at times 

 subject to overflow by flood waters, and over most of them an inter- 

 mittent deposition of gravel, sand, and silt takes place at such times. 



The meadows are largely forested by water birch, sycamore, sweet 

 gum, and willow oak, interspersed with a rank vegetation of running 

 vines and coarse grass. They are usually uncultivated, and are used 

 only to furnish grazing during the drier portions of the year. 



