Table of Contents 



Foreword 1 



I. Soils and Their Characteristics 3 



Texture 4 



Slope 6 



Stoniness 6 



Natural Drainage 7 



Color 8 



Effective Depth 8 



Structure 9 



II. Soils and Climate 10 



Precipitation 10 



Temperature 11 



Growing Season 12 



Snowfall 14 



IH. Our New Hampshire Soils 15 



Generalized Soil Association Map 18 



Soil Erosion 19 



Land-Capability Classes 21 



IV. Soil Management Groups and Crop Adaptations 24 



Soils Developed on Glacial Uplands (Groups 1-11 1 24 



Soils Developed on Glacial Outwash and River Terraces (Groups 



12-17) 37 



Soils Developed on River Bottoms (Groups 18-22) 46 



Soils Developed on Marine and Lacustrine Materials (Groups 



23-28) 54 



Miscellaneous Soils and Land Types (Groups 29-36) 62 



V. Soils and Forests 68 



Forests and Tlieir Use 68 



Forest Types anil Soil Management Groujis 69 



VI. Soils and Types of Farming 73 



Types of Farming 73 



Types of Farming and Soils 76 



Types of Farming by Regions 78 



Appendix A — Soil Types Mapped in New Hampshire and Their 



Soil Management Group Numhers 80 



Appendix B — Soil Management Groups and Their Soil Types 83 



Appendix C — Drainage Characteristics of Wet Soil Types 88 



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