Soil Management Group 27 



SCANTIC SILT LOAM 



SWANTON FINE SANDY LOAM 



This group of soils is poorly drained. It includes soils with a layer 

 of sandy material over silts and clays and soils which have developed en- 

 tirely from silt and clay material. They are found in depressional areas, and 

 the soils are usually saturated to within approximately one foot of the sur- 

 face during most of the growing season. In their natural drainage condi- 

 tion they are suitable only for inferior hay and pasture production, and 

 farm operations have to be adjusted to the excess moisture conditions that 

 prevail during most of the growing season. Where feasible and economical 

 to install artificial drainage systems, it is possible to improve these areas 

 so that good grass-legume mixtures and an occasional cultivated crop such 

 as corn can be grown. 



Artificial drainage is usually confined to "bedding" or the use of open 

 ditches to remove excess surface water quickly. Movement of water through 

 the subsoil is too slow for the use of tile lines or deep ditches to operate 

 effectively unless they are spaced very close together. 



Major Crop Adaptations 



I Natural Drainage Condition 



Well Adapted 



Intermediate 



Poorly Adapted 



Grasses 



Reed Canary 



Small Grains 

 Winter Rye 



Grasses 

 Brome 

 Redtop 



Legumes 



Alsike Clover 

 Birdsfoot Trefoil 

 Ladino Clover 



Corn 



Truck Crops* 

 Orchards 

 Small Grains 



Barley 



Oats 



Winter Wheat 

 Grasses 



Millet 



Orchard 



Sudan 



Timotliy 

 Legumes 



Alfalfa 



Red Clover 



Soybeans 



Winter Vetch 



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