THE PENN LOAM. 7 



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FARM EQUIPMENT. 



The farm equipment upon the Penn loam is usually excellent, 

 consisting of well-built and commodious barns and houses and of 

 moderately heavy teams and modern tools. This heavier equipment 

 is required for the proper tillage of the soil, while the farm buildings 

 result from the general practice of maintaining a considerable 

 amount of live stock upon the farms occupying the type. 



SUMMARY. 



The Penn loam is an extensive general-purpose farming soil occu- 

 pying the Triassic basins in the northern Piedmont region. 



The type occupies level to rolling or sometimes hilly lands in the 

 northern Piedmont section and shows a considerable range in the 

 absolute altitude above sea level. 



The soil is naturally fairly well drained throughout its extent, but 

 the more level portions of the type would be benefited by tile 

 underdrainage. 



Corn, wheat, oats, and grass constitute the most important crops 

 grown. The yields of all of these crops are good. Tobacco is grown 

 to a limited extent upon the type in southeastern Pennsylvania and 

 in Virginia. 



The equipment of teams, tools, and farm buildings upon the Penn 

 loam is good and is well suited to the tillage of a rather heavy loam 

 soil upon which general farm crops are grown and a considerable 

 number of live stock is maintained. 



More than three-fourths of the entire area of the Penn loam is 

 occupied for the production of grain and grass and as permanent 

 pasture. The remainder of the area consists of the steeper or more 

 stony slopes which are usually left in forest. 



Approved. 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., January 15, 1912. 



