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SOILS IN THE VICINITY OF BRUNSWICK, GA. 



The type needs heavy applications of lime and better under- 

 drainage. Onions, cabbage, corn, oats, crab grass, and forage crops 

 would do well without heavy fertilization. 



The results of mechanical analyses of the soil and subsoil follow 



Mechanical analyses of Portsmouth mucky loam. 



COXVILLE FINE SANDY LOAM. 



The soil of the Coxville fine sandy loam consists of 4 or 5 inches 

 of grayish fine sand, overlying a light-graj r fine sand that grades 

 into mottled gray and yellow sticky fine sand. At a depth varying 

 from about 15 to 24 inches the subsoil is encountered. This is a stiff 

 plastic fine sandy clay, mottled yellow, gray, brick-red, and some- 

 times yellowish-green in color. 



Small pockets or thin layers of fine sand may be encountered at 

 various depths in the subsoil. Also a brownish hardpan layer may 

 be found anywhere from near the surface down to the subsoil. 



The type occupies the slight slopes and higher land contiguous 

 areas of the Portsmouth soils. A lower lying, poorly drainec 

 grayish to drab colored heavier phase was seen in several places. 



This soil was found best developed west of Brunswick in the vich 

 ity of Avoca Villa. It is a fine trucking soil, being particularly 

 adapted to tomatoes, English peas, cabbage, cauliflower, lettu< 

 radishes, asparagus, Irish potatoes, and sweet potatoes. 



Subirrigation can be successfully practiced, especially where tl 

 hardpan layer is not nearer the surface than 15 inches, and thei 

 fore the type is admirably adapted to the production of celei 

 Tiling for subirrigation should be laid at a depth of 15 to 18 inch* 



An acreage application of from 2 to 3 tons of a fertilizer analyzii 

 6 per cent phosphoric acid, 5 per cent nitrogen, and 7 per cent potasl 

 in conjunction with 10 to 20\tons of barnyard manure, would prol 

 ably prove efficacious for celery and lettuce. A ton of a 

 brand, with a heavy application of barnyard manure, would be sui 

 cient for cabbage, onions, cauliflower, and asparagus, while a sti 

 lighter application of the same brand would suffice for Irish potat 

 peas, radishes, and tomatoes. Sweet potatoes would not need vei 

 much strong barnyard manure. Cowpeas and velvet beans do we 

 and should be grown in rotation with other crops as a means of suj 



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