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and tillage of the land, regular crop rotations, and by increasing the 

 organic-matter content of the surface soil. 



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While not so well adapted to corn production as to cotton growing, 

 the type is a fair average corn soil when its yields are compared with 

 those of other types in the upland portions of the Southern States. 

 To increase the corn yields requires about the same methods as are 

 used for increasing the production of cotton. 



Winter oats are commonly grown as a forage crop, producing good 

 yields. In a few instances the grain is thrashed, giving about 25 

 bushels of oats per acre. The crop should be grown in regular rota- 

 tion with cotton and corn. 



Cowpeas are coming to be more extensively grown as a principal 

 hay crop upon the Orangeburg fine sandy loam. Excellent yields of 

 hay are secured, and the acreage of this crop should be widely ex- 

 tended. 



The Orangeburg fine sandy loam and its associated type, the Or- 

 angeburg sandy loam, are the best soils for the growing of the Cuban 

 cigar-filler tobacco. Yields of 500 to 1,200 pounds per acre are 

 obtained upon properly prepared and fertilized land in all of the 

 regions where the type is characteristically developed. 



It is the best Coastal Plain soil type for the production of peaches, 

 particularly the Elberta. Elevated areas with good air and water 

 drainage must be selected. Increasing acreages are being planted. 



Among vegetable and truck crops, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, 

 tomatoes, watermelons, and cantaloupes are quite extensively grown* 

 and are the best truck crops for this type. 



There is a wide variation in the adequacy of farm equipment upon 

 the type, ranging from the most primitive in pioneer communities 

 to the most modern improvements on well-regulated plantations. 

 The use of heavier work stock, and particularly the introduction of 

 disk plows, harrows, and cultivators for the broadcast preparation 

 and tillage of the land are to be recommended. 



The reforestation of denuded hills and the steeper slopes should 

 be carefully undertaken, since the soil is well suited to the growing 

 of its native trees, the longleaf and loblolly pine. 



Wherever transportation is adequate the greater portion of the 

 total area of the Orangeburg fine sandy loam is occupied for some 

 form of crop production. In more remote localities, particularly in 

 the west Gulf region, thousands of acres of the type still remain in 

 forest or in scrub timber and constitute cheap areas of highly effi- 

 cient cotton soil, \vhich still await development. 



Approved. 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., August 30, 1911. 



