SOIL SURVEY OF KIMBALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA. 



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In the following- table are given the results of the mechanical 



analj^ses of samples of the soil and subsoil of the Sidney fine sandy 



loam: 



Mechanical analyses of Sidncu fine sandy loam. 



SIDNEY VKRY FINE SANDY LOAM. 



The Sidney very fine sandy loam is very similar in color and other 

 characteristics, as well as in the lithologic character of the soil sec- 

 tion, to the loam and silt loam types, diftering from those types in 

 having a slightly higher content of very fine sand in the surface soil. 

 As a result of this slight textural difference the soil apparently is 

 less coherent in structure. 



The principal areas are encountered south and west of Bushnell, 

 but small bodies are distributed throughout the upland of the county. 

 Many areas are too small to be shown separately on the soil map and 

 are included with other types of the series. 



This type occurs as nearly level or gently undulating land both 

 on the highest parts of the table-land and in shallow depressions, 

 and also to some extent on very gentle slopes in Lodgepole Valley, 

 where the higher slopes are occupied by the fine sandy loam and the 

 gravelly sandy loam of the Sidney series. 



All this land is arable, and where cultivated it seems to have about 

 the same crop adaptation and agricultural value as the loam and 

 silt loam types. 



In the following table are given the results of the mechanical 

 analyses of samples of the soil and subsoil of the Sidney very fine 

 sandy loam : 



Mechanical analyses of Sidney very fine sandy loam. 



SIDNEY LOAM. 



The soil of the Sidney loam is a light-brown, mellow loam 12 to 18 

 inches deep. It is characteristically fine in texture, containing a 



