Major Crop Adaptations 



Well Adapted 



Intermediate 



Poorly Adapted 



Corn 



Truck Crops* 

 Orchards 

 Small Grains 



Barley 



Oats 



Winter Rye 



Winter Wheat 

 Grasses 



Brome 



Millet 



Orchard 



Redtop 



Reed Canary 



Timothy 

 Legumes 

 ^ Alfalfa 



Alsike Clover 



Birdsfoot Trefoil 



Ladino Clover 



Red Clover 



Soybeans 



Winter Vetch 



None 



None 



Includes potatoes; specific vegetables will have somewhat varying adaptations. 



Soil Management Group 3 



Becket loam 

 Blandford loam 

 Essex loam 



Marlow loam 

 Paxton loam 



These moderately deep, non-stony soils underlain by compact, platy, 

 medium-textured glacial till are all considered in the well-drained category, 

 although the compact layer slows up the downward movement of water to 

 an appreciable extent. The surface and subsoil are saturated early in the 

 spring, remain quite moist for a longer period of time after a heavy rain- 

 fall, and are ready for tillage operations a little later than the other well- 

 drained upland soils. This is due to the fact that water percolates very 

 slowly through the compact layer. These soils occupy the smoother areas 

 of glacial till and are usually found on oval-shaped hills. The very nature 

 of the compact layer leads to seepage spots on the lower slopes, because 

 most of the water does not enter the coinpact layer but moves along the 

 top of it to create a management problem for the farmer. However, the 

 compact layer is very favorable for providing the moisture and nutrient 

 requirements needed by a wide variety of crops. For these reasons, the 

 soils form the basis of our most stable and productive agriculture on the 

 upland, when proper attention is given to soil and water conservation prac- 

 tices. At the present time approximately two-thirds of the acreage of these 

 soils is used for growing crops. 



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