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land is included in pastures on wliicli the grazing of beef cattle is 

 the principal industry. The native vegetation consists of a fair 

 growth of sand grass, stipa, and grama grass. The type affords 

 better grazing than the Chej'enne gravelly sandy loam but makes 

 poorer pasture than the loam type. 



The selling price of this soil ranges from $12 to $15 an acre, de- 

 pending upon improvements and location. 



It is doubtful if the type should ever be used in crop production, 

 on account of its droughty character. It drifts badly when the 

 native grasses are destroyed. 



CHEYENNE LOAM. 



The soil of the Chej^enne loam is a brown to light-brown, coarse 

 textured loam, 10 to 12 inches deep. The surface 6 inches is relatively 

 high in organic matter and is considerably darker than the lower 

 part of the soil. The subsoil gradually becomes coarser in texture 

 with depth, and at 24 inches consists of a loose mass of coarse sand 

 and gravel, of gray to grayish-brown color. 



This soil does not diifer materially from the gravelly sandy loam 

 and sandy loam types, except in the texture of its surface soil. 



This type is very inextensive in Banner County. It occurs as a 

 few scattered bodies along the drainage ways in the upland division, 

 the largest body extends northeastward from near Lovers Leap to a 

 point about 1 mile north of the Harrisburg-Scottsbluff highway. 



The type is composed of terrace material, washed down from the 

 upland during torrential rains and deposited in the stream valleys. 

 It differs from the Tripp soils chiefly in the coarser texture of its 

 subsoil. 



The surface of the type is almost flat, sloping gently down the val- 

 ley and toward the stream channels. Drainage is generally excessive 

 and the type is somewhat droughty. 



Owing to its small extent and low moisture retaining power, the 

 Cheyenne loam is used only for j^asture land. It supports a fairly 

 good growth of native grasses, chief among which are the western 

 wheat grass, grama grass, and buffalo grass. The pasturage will 

 maintain one cow or steer throughout the j^ear on from 12 to 15 acres 

 of land. 



TRIPP FINE SANDY I.OAJI. 



The soil of the Tripp fine sandy loam is a grayish-brown to brown, 

 loose, friable fine sandy loam, 8 to 12 inches deep, with the material 

 of the upper 6 inches somewhat darker than that below. The sub- 

 soil is a light grayish brown to light-gray, loose, floury silt loam to 

 very fine sandy loam. In a few places the soil shows no textural 

 change within the 3-foot section, though the subsoil is invariably 



