THE ORANGEBURG SANDY LOAM. 13 



The type is not especially well suited to the production of trucking 

 crops, but early Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, cantaloupes, water- 

 melons, and tomatoes are successfully grown upon the phase possess- 

 ing a depth of 15 inches or more of sandy or sandy loam surface soil. 



The Orangeburg sandy loam may be chiefly benefited by the 

 restoration of organic matter to the surface soil, by deeper plowing in 

 the majority of instances, by shallow and frequent intertillage of the 

 crops, by the production of winter cover crops for green manuring 

 purposes, and by the introduction of proper crop rotations. 



The steeper sloping areas within the type must be protected from 

 destructive erosion by terracing* and contour farming, while the 

 steepest slopes should either be put permanently into grass for 

 grazing purposes or should be reforested. 



In the more eastern States all of the areas of the type whose sur- 

 face configuration will permit are usually occupied for the produc- 

 tion of general farm crops. West of the Mississippi River extensive 

 areas favorably situated for agricultural occupation are still avail- 

 able. , 



The Orangeburg sandy loam may be characterized as a fair to 

 good general farming soil, which is also suited, under special condi- 

 tions, to the production of filler tobacco, peaches, and certain market- 

 garden vegetables. 



Approved. 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., September 26, 1911. 



