SOILS OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER TERRACE. 



varieties of oak, which is often of scrubby growth. Chinquapin, 

 witch hazel, and some pine are also encountered. The suggestions 

 for improving the sandy loam type are applicable to this soil. 



The following table gives the results of mechanical analyses of the 

 soil and subsoil of this type: 



Mechanical analyses of Waynesboro stony sandy 



FIG. 4. A field of typical Waynesboro stony sandy loam northwest of Sherando. This field produced 

 this year (1911) about 20 bushels of corn per acre. 



WAYXESBORO LOAM. 



The Waynesboro loam is a light-brown light loam to silt}- loam, 

 underlain at an average depth of about 6 inches by a yellowish 

 friable sandy loam. At 15 to 20 inches the subsoil proper is reached, 

 consisting of a yellowish-red to red friable sandy loam to silty clay. 



The type is developed throughout the extent of the terrace forma- 

 tion. It is most extensive near the streams and its topography 

 averages more nearly level than that of the other types. Typical 



