18 SOILS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. 



used for trucking. In other regions more remote from transporta- 

 tion or less favorably situated with regard to climatic environment, 

 large tracts of the type may be bought at from $3 to $5 an acre, 

 since the type is not usually recognized as of any high value for 

 general farming purposes. In consequence large areas still remain 

 unoccupied and uncultivated. As the demand for additional sup- 

 plies of extra early vegetables increases with the increased growth of 

 the northern cities, there will still be found extensive areas of the 

 Norfolk sand well suited to meet this demand. 



The Norfolk sand must thus be characterized as a special-purpose 

 early trucking or early market-garden soil, and this will probably 

 remain its chief function until different methods of tillage and pos- 

 sibly different staple crops may have been introduced into the region 

 where it is chiefly found. 



Approved. 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agi^iculture. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., August 11, 1911. 



