THE NORFOLK SANDY LOAM. 11 



A considerable variety of other truck crops is raised upon the Nor- 

 folk sandy loam. In the southern localities, the early English peas 

 and snap beans are raised for shipment to northern markets, and 

 watermelons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, and tomatoes are produced in 

 various trucking areas with fair success. Asparagus grows well, 

 although, the crop is not quite so early as upon the Norfolk sand. 

 In some areas cabbage and squash are grown, but neither of these 

 crops is recommended for extensive planting. 



Fruit crops. Peaches are grown to a limited extent upon the Nor- 

 folk sandy loam, and the planting of peach orchards can well be 

 extended upon this type in the North Atlantic coastal section. In 

 New Jersey a few successful orchards exist. Elsewhere, peaches are 

 only planted to any extent upon the type in the State of South Caro- 

 lina. The trees are not quite so long lived as upon certain of the 

 soils of the Orangeburg series, but the color and quality of the fruit 

 produced are excellent. Grapes are also grown upon the Norfolk 

 sandy loam, both in New Jersey and in North Carolina. In the more 

 southern localities the Scuppernong variety is grown to excellent 

 advantage. 



Some pecan orchards have been planted in South Carolina and 

 other southern sections. None of them have reached sufficient ma- 

 turity to enable one to judge as to the qualifications of the soil for 

 pecan orcharding. However, its excellent surface drainage and the 

 existence of the moisture holding sandy clay subsoil at no great depth 

 would indicate that pecans might be grown to advantage upon the 

 type. 



FARM EQUIPMENT. 



Usually the Norfolk sandy loam in all the areas where it occurs is 

 worked with the lighter weight teams and tools. There is no particu- 

 lar necessity for using a large amount of horsepower, or for using 

 large-sized tools for the cultivation of this type. Its characteristics 

 are such that shallow plowing and shallow surface cultivation of the 

 intertilled crops during the growing period are not only adequate 

 but preferable for the tillage of the type. It is more essential to 

 maintain an adequate surface dust mulch to prevent rapid evapora- 

 tion of moisture than to plow deeply. 



The equipment of farm buildings varies decidedly with the dif- 

 ferent localities where the type is developed. In all of the more 

 southern regions the ordinary equipment is that usual to cotton 

 plantations. In the trucking regions, some additional buildings are 

 provided for the protection of those who pack the truck or fruit crop 

 for market, and certain additional structures are sometimes erected 

 for the storing of spraying machinery and other equipment wherever 

 the production of tree fruit is added to that of the truck crops. As a 



