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the corn, while the production of peanuts, largely as a forage crop, 

 is steadily increasing. 



Truck crops. Where the Norfolk fine sandy loam has been used 

 in the Western Gulf section for trucking it has been found to yield 

 from 60 to 100 bushels of Irish potatoes, 200 to 300 bushels of sweet 

 potatoes, and 100 to 150 bushels of tomatoes per acre. Where both 

 air and water drainage are satisfactory peaches may be grown. 



SUMMARY. 



It would appear from these considerations of the actual uses of 

 the Norfolk fine sandy loam that it is best suited in its most northern 

 locations for the production of corn, bright tobacco, peanuts, and 

 cowpeas as the principal general farm crops, with oats, rye, and 

 crimson clover, or possibly wheat, as a winter cover crop. Among 

 the truck crops in the more northern regions, Irish potatoes, sweet 

 potatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce lead, with cantaloupes and water- 

 melons of secondary importance. 



In the more southern regions cotton becomes the principal general 

 crop, followed by corn, cowpeas, and locally by bright tobacco. 



Among the special crops the production of the shade-grown Su- 

 matra tobacco in southern Georgia and northern Florida is the most 

 important development. 



The truck crops for this more southern section are cabbage, straw- 

 berries, lettuce, and cucumbers of first importance, and Irish and 

 sweet potatoes, cantaloupes and watermelons of secondary importance. 



Peaches are the principal tree fruit, while pecans form the leading 

 nut crop. 



In the Eastern Gulf section cotton is the leading general crop; 

 corn is of secondary importance, and the same is true of cowpeas 

 and winter oats. 



Truck crops and fruit crops are grown only to a limited degree, 

 although the extension of the area devoted to such crops might well 

 occur in regions located properly with respect to rapid transporta- 

 tion to markets. 



In the Western Gulf section cotton is the leading crop, followed 

 closely by corn, while cowpeas and peanuts are of secondary im- 

 portance. 



Among the trucking crops Irish and sweet potatoes and tomatoes 

 are coming to have a leading place. 



Peaches are practically the only fruit crop grown. 



The Norfolk fine sandy loam is thus one of the most important 

 general-purpose soil types in the Coastal Plain region. It is friable 

 and easy to till. It is normally well drained or susceptible of easy 



