Soil Management Group 12 



Adams loamy sand 

 Adams loamy fine sand 

 Agawam loamy fine sand 

 Barnstead loamy sand 

 colebrook loamy fine sand 

 colton loamy sand 

 colton loamy fine sand 



DaNBY GRAVELLY LOAMY SAND 

 DaNBY LOAMY SAND 

 DaNBY loamy FINE SAND 

 DiXVILLE loamy fine SAND 



Groveton loamy fine sand 

 Hinckley gravelly loamy sand 



Hinckley loamy sand 



Hinckley loamy fine sand 



Jaffhey loamy sand 



Melrose loamy sand 



Mekrimac gravelly loamy sand 



Merrimac loamy sand 



Merrimac loamy fine sand 



Nashia loamy sand 



Nashua loamy fine sand 



Windsor sand 



Windsor fine sand 



Windsor loamy fine sand 



These deep sandy soils are very droughty. The underlying parent ma- 

 terial consists of stratified beds of gravel and sand. (Gravel is absent in 

 some cases, and the underlying material consists of varying sizes of sand.) 

 These soils were formed from materials deposited by water. A few areas may 

 be subject to overflow in case of extremely high water. Due to the very 

 coarse sandy and gravelly character of these soils, water moves very rapid- 

 ly throughout both the upper part of the soil and the underlying material. 

 Where the soil is a fine sand, it has a better moisture relationship than the 

 coarse sands or gravelly soils. Agriculturally, they are considered to have 

 low potential, due mainly to the poor moisture relationship and to a low 

 capacity for holding plant nutrients. Soil building rotations are a necessity 

 when farming these soils. Irrigation is a possibility to improve the moisture 

 relations, but more lime, fertilizers, and organic matter should be supplied 



when irrigated. 



Major Crop Adaptations 



1 Nati'ral Drainage Condition 



Well Adapted 



Intermediate 



Poorly Adapteil 



None 



Small Grains 



Winter Rye 

 Grasses 



Brome 



Millet 



Orchard 



Redtop 



Sudan 

 Legumes 



Alfalfa 



Red Clover 



Winter Vetch 



Corn 



Truck Crops* 

 Orchards 

 Small Grains 



Barley 



Oats 



Winter Wheat 

 Grasses 



Reed Canary 



Timothy 

 Legumes 



Alsike Clover 



Birdsfoot Trefoil 



Ladino Clover 



Soybeans 



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