SOILS. 



267 



Areas of dijferent soils. 



Soil 



Norfolk fine sandy loam . . 



Norfolk sandy loam 



Leonardtown loam 



Portsmouth fine sandy loam 



Swamp 



Galveston clay 



Portsmouth sandy loam 



Norfolk coarse sandy loam . 



Portsmouth clay loam 



Galveston sand 



Norfolk clay loam 



I Acres | Per cent. 



Total 382,912 



144,064 



94,016 



36,800 



29,760 



26,368 



21,568 



20,032 



4,288 



2,176 



1,984 



1,856 



37.6 



24.5 



9.6 



7.8 



6.9 



5.7 



5.2 



1.1 



.6 



.5 



.5 



The following tables give the average results of mechanical analyses 

 of the eleven types of soils mapped and described by the Bureau of Soils. 



Mechanical analyses of Portsmouth fine sandy loam. 



Soil .. 

 Subsoil 



Soil .. 

 Subsoil 



Mechanical analyses of Portsmouth clay loam. 



0.1 

 .2 



1.3 

 1.9 



4.5 

 4.9 



26.5 



28.7 



7.7 

 4.8 



38.4 

 38.2 



Mechanical analyses of Portsmouth sandy loam. 



0.9 

 .5 



5.9 

 5.1 



14.4 

 12.0 



39.2 

 38.4 



16.8 I 14.6 

 4.7 I 16.9 



21.3 

 21.0 



7.9 

 22.1 



