THE CAKRINGTON SILT LOAM. 9 



The type is better suited to the production of grains and grass 

 than to special crops. Corn is extensively grown in the more south- 

 ern regions, together with oats as the prevalent small-grain crop. In 

 Minnesota and the Dakotas spring wheat constitutes the chief grain, 

 with rye, barley, and grass as important crops and flax as a subor- 

 dinate crop in the most northern areas. 



Dairying and stock raising are usual in all of the more southern 

 regions where this soil is found. 



The Carrington silt loam is occupied to almost its entire extent 

 for some agricultural purpose and is considered a fertile and profit- 

 able soil. 



The type is usually well equipped with substantial farm buildings 

 and adequate work stock and machinery. 



Approved. 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., January 15, 1918. 



