Major Crop Adaptations 



Well Adapted 



Intermediate 



Poorly Adapted 



Corn 



Truck Crops* 

 Orchards 

 Small Grains 



Barley 



Oats 



Winter Rye 



Winter Wheat 

 Grasses 



Bron;e 



Millet 



Orchard 



Redtop 



Reed Canary 



Timothy 

 Legumes 



Alfalfa 



Alsike Clover 



Birdsfoot Trefoil 



Ladino Clover 



Red Clover 



Soybeans 



Winter Vetch 



None 



No 



ne 



* Includes potatoes; specific vegetables will have somewhat varying adaptations 



Soil Management Group 4 



Brimfield loam 



Canaan sandy loam 



Canaan fine sandy loam 



Canaan loam 



CoLRAN LOAM (Strafford County) 



Hollis loam 



Lyman loam 



Rockingham loam 



Shapleigh sandy loam 



Shapleigh fine sandy loam 



Shapleigh loam 



Westminster loam 



These moderately deep soils have developed on glacial till which rests 

 on bedrock at a depth of from 20 to 30 inches from the surface of the 

 ground. They are all well drained, and water moves freely throughout the 

 soil. Ledge outcrops occur but are not in sufficient number to prevent the 

 use of the soils for cultivated crops. During the spring thaws and after 

 periods of heavy rainfall, the surplus moisture moves down the slope on 

 top of the bedrock and causes drainage problems on lower slopes. The major 

 consideration from an agricultural standpoint of these soils is the shallow- 

 ness of the soil over the bedrock. Naturally, in a shallow soil there will be 

 poorer moisture relationships with more susceptibility to periods of dry 

 weather, and fewer plant nutrients available for the growing crops. The 

 variation in the depth to bedrock actually makes parts of a field more 

 droughty than others. The above factors, plus the definite susceptibility 

 to soil erosion when intensively cultivated, restricts the use of these soils 

 to less intensive cropping systems. Only one-fourth of this acreage is used 

 for crops. 



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