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corn, and oats. Its use for special crops is somewhat limited, and 

 aside from the Cuban type of cigar-filler tobacco and the Elberta 

 peach there are no special crops which have as yet been securely 

 established for production upon this soil. It can scarcely compete 

 with the more sandy soils of the Orangeburg series or the Norfolk 

 series in the production of early truck, although it has a distinct 

 value in the growing of vegetables for the local market and for the 

 home supply. 



FARM EQUIPMENT. 



The incoherent, sandy surface soil of the Orangeburg sandy loam 

 is easily and adequately worked by the lighter weight equipment of 

 farm stock and farm machinery prevalent in the districts where it 

 occurs. Usually crop production is aided by the deeper plowing of 

 this soil and the two-horse moldboard plow or disk plow should be 

 more generally used than at present. For the subsequent intertillage 

 of the crops, the spike-tooth or spring-tooth cultivator and the sweep 

 should be used in preference to the light-weight turning plow. The 

 former implements are capable of removing all weeds upon properly 

 prepared land and of maintaining the surface dust mulch which aids 

 in the retaining moisture enough for the nourishment of the crop dur- 

 ing the summer months. They do not, as in the case of the turnplow. 

 cut off the feeding roots of the cotton or the corn, thereby reducing 

 their resistance to drought. 



Usually there is no elaborate equipment of outbuildings upon the 

 farms and plantations whose soil is principally Orangeburg sandy 

 loam. Only the work stock and a small number of cattle are main- 

 tained upon the farm, and no elaborate equipment for the storage of 

 forage crops is required. The usual farm equipment is not markedly 

 different from that used upon other associated types. 



SUMMARY. 



The Orangeburg sandy loam is an extensive and important general 

 farming soil found in the south Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain 

 regions. 



It is particularly well suited to the production of Upland cotton 

 and is also a fair corn and winter oat soil. These constitute the prin- 

 cipal crops grown upon the type with the exception of cowpeas. velvet 

 beans, and crimson clover, grown as cover crops and for forage. 



The Cuban type of cigar-filler tobacco is successfully grown upon 

 the Orangeburg sandy loam in northern Florida, southern Georgia, 

 southern Alabama, and eastern Texas. 



Increasing areas of the type are being planted to peaches, chiefly 

 the Elberta. The fruit produced is of good quality, and the trees 

 when located upon properly selected sites are long-lived and thrifty. 



