SOILS IN THE VICINITY OF BRUNSWICK, GA. 



manure so as to build up a deep loamlike surface soil capable of re- 

 taining sufficient moisture to carry the early maturing crops through 

 dry spells. With sufficient moisture and very liberal use of high- 

 grade fertilizers and barnyard manure a great number of vegetables 

 could be grown. The degree of uncertainty, arising from the attend- 

 ant danger of droughts, necessarily lowers the value of the type, 

 and there are some who look upon such land as practically unsuited 

 to agriculture. There is no question that land with a clay subsoil 

 or even that with a hardpan or water table within 18 to 30 inches is 

 much surer of profitable returns, but it is not at all impossible to 

 handle the type in a profitable way. Even without irrigation early 

 sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, lettuce, and a number of other vege- 

 tables can be produced with fair success if planted upon land enriched 

 by turning under green crops or by applying barnyard refuse. With 

 surface irrigation, where the water is supplied by a system of spray- 

 ing or other means insuring thorough distribution, there would be 

 no difficulty in securing good yields of a great variety of vegetables. 



The keynote to success with this soil is surface irrigation and 

 heavy fertilization including the frequent turning under of green 

 vegetable matter. Those areas having a hardpan subsoil or water 

 table near enough the surface to insure the success of subirrigation, 

 and such areas are found in a number of places, can be profitably 

 used for celery, lettuce, and other vegetables. 



An analysis of the soil gives the following results: 



MecJianical analysis of Amelia fine sand. 



CONGAREE CLAY. 



The Congaree clay is the predominant soil of the river bottoms. 

 Several thousand acres are included in the rice plantations of the 

 Altamaha River. ' 



The type consists of a reddish-brown to dull chocolate-red clay, 

 slightly friable at the surface and mottled with drab and dark brown 

 below the first 6 or 8 inches. The depth is usually considerably over 

 feet, the lower portion being decidedly plastic. The level of the wa 

 table is usually about 14 to 24 inches below the surface. Lying below 

 the level of high tides and flood water, diking is necessary for the recla- 

 mation of the type. Utilization of these flat river flood plains was 

 begun over one hundred years ago, when levees were built along the 



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