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THE SOILS OF CALVERT COUNTY 



gray or drab clay loam. This combination of soil textures gives rise to 

 an easily worked soil sufficiently retentive of moisture to favor the pro- 

 duction of grain crops, but not so heavy and wet as to exclude the culti- 

 vation of late truck crops and fruit. Tobacco is also raised, though it 

 is not so well suited to tobacco culture as are other sandier soil types 

 located in the county. 



Stock-raising and dairying are carried on upon this soil type in a few 

 localities in the southern part of Calvert County, while the cultivation 

 of crops for canning factories is undertaken upon this type of soil in 

 other localities. 



The natural forest growth has been removed from the Sassafras sandy 

 loam and at present almost the entire extent of the formation is under 

 cultivation. 



The following analyses of a typical sample of the soil and subsoil 

 of this type show the sandy character of this loam : 



Mechanical Analyses of Sassafeas Sandy Loam. 



The Meadow Land. 



The local significance of the word meadow varies so greatly in different 

 localities that it may be well to define its use in this report as referring 

 only to low-lying, generally rather wet areas, having an approximately 

 flat surface and best adapted to the production of grasses and to grazing. 



In Calvert County meadow areas are found exclusively along the 

 bottoms of the larger stream valleys and on the lower-lying portions of 



