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AGRICULTURE 



trict is a light sand and is well adapted to the growth 

 of truck crops in general. Sweet potatoes and melons are 

 among the most important crops grown. 



(3) The Norfolk district comprises the eight southeast- 

 ern counties of Virginia and a part of North Carolina ; this 

 is generally recognized as the greatest trucking region of 

 the world. This section has the advantage of a variety of 

 soils suitable for truck crops and ample means for shipping 



FIG. 219. IN THE COTTON FIELDS, SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY. 



its products. The climate is excellent for truck farming, 

 the nearness to large bodies of water resulting in practical 

 freedom from frost-injury. 



Soils of the trucking districts. The Bureau of Soils of 

 the National Department of Agriculture has made a 

 close study of the soils of this district; it has named and 

 described eight distinct types of arable soil. Norfolk sand 



