Major Crop Adaptations 



Well Adapted Intermediate Poorly Adapted 



None |Corn None 



Truck Crops* 

 Orchardst 

 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 



'' Includes potatoes; specific vegetables will have somewhat varying adaptations 

 t Orchards on these shallow soils would be subject to wind throw. 



Soil Management Group 5 



Brimfield ledgy loam Lempster stony loam 



Brimfield stony loam Lyman ledgy loam 



Brookfield stony loam, shallow phase Lyman stony loam 



Canaan ledgy fine sandy loam Rockingham ledgy loam 



Canaan stony fine sandy loam Rockingham stony loam 



Canaan stony loam Shapleigh stony sandy loam 



CoLRAiN STONY LOAM (Strafford County I Shapleigh stony fine sandy loam 



HOLLIS LEDGY LOAM ShAPLEIGH LEDGY LOAM 



Mollis stony loam Westminster ledgy loam 



These shallow-to-bedrock soils have developed on the same type of 

 parent material as the soils discussed in Group 4. The principal difference 

 between the two soil groups is in the depth to underlying bedrock. The thin 

 cover of soil over ledge in this group ranges between 10 and 20 inches, 

 and the ledge outcrops are so numerous that the growing of cultivated crops, 

 for all practical purposes, is not considered feasible. The poor moisture re- 

 lationships or susceptibility to drought that was stressed in Soil Group 4 

 is much more serious in this group of soils, so that shallow rooted sod 

 crops that can best withstand dry weather are recommended in areas that 

 can be seeded. 



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