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tions it is known as cabbage land. In North Carolina it is esteemed 

 a better cigarette-tobacco soil than the sandy loam and fully equal 

 to the fine sand. It is better for general farming than the lighter 

 soils of the series, and is used extensively in the production of cotton, 

 being the best of the Norfolk series of soils for growing this crop. In 

 certain parts of Maryland it is a fine general purpose soil, giving good 

 yields of wheat, corn, and hay in addition to heavy truck and fruit, 

 principally peaches. 



With a larger acreage than any of the other soils of the Norfolk 

 series, the sandy loam is an important resource of the Coastal Plain, 

 It is used for Irish and sweet potatoes, bright yellow tobacco, cotton, 

 peanuts, and heavy truck crops and fruit. In Maryland some areas 

 are considered the best general farming lands. 



The loam and silt loam are suited to diversified agriculture, the 

 latter being rather the better soil. In New Jersey and Eastern Shore 

 of Maryland good yields of wheat, corn, and hay are secured, and 

 some dairying is practiced. The soil is used for the same general 

 farm crops around Norfolk and in addition Irish and sweet potatoes 

 are grown to some extent. The clay is apparently most extensively 

 developed in Alabama. In many cases it needs drainage, and with 

 good cultivation produces good yields of cotton and corn. 



Portsmouth Series. This is characterized by dark gray to black 

 surface soils. In different types it is found in Delaware, Florida, 

 Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North and South Caro- 

 lina and Virginia. The various types are mostly used for truck crops. 



Orangeburg Series. This is gray and brown in color and is 

 found in the Gulf Coast States. The soils of the Orangeburg series 

 are somewhat stronger than the corresponding types of the Norfolk 

 series. They are used for about the same crops. The Orangeburg 

 sand is a fine truck soil, and in Florida is used for growing Sumatra 

 wrapper tobacco under shade. It has characteristics that suggest its 

 adaptation to peach culture. The fine sand is an easily worked soil 

 under a wide range of moisture conditions. It also has a wide crop 

 adaptation, being used for truck, fruit, and the staples corn and 

 cotton. It is especially adapted to peaches and plums. The sandy 

 loam is likewise adapted both to general farm crops and truck. In 

 Orangeburg County, S. C., it is considered the best general farming 

 soil, and is also used for bright-yellow tobacco, though some of the 

 Norfolk soils give a better quality of leaf. In Florida, Alabama, and 

 Texas it produces a high-grade cigar wrapper and filler leaf. The 

 coarse sandy loam has a rather low agricultural value. With the 

 most extensive development of any of the soils of this series, the fine 

 sandy loam is a very important Coastal Plain soil. Cotton, corn, 

 tobacco (both the bright-yellow cigarette in South Carolina and the 

 Cuban filler cigar types in Alabama and Texas), fruit, and truck are 

 grown. In the Fort Valley section of Georgia it is the principal peach 

 soil, and in east Texas this crop is also an important one. Straw- 

 berries and other small fruits thrive. Cotton is the chief crop upon 

 the Orangeburg clay, which is typically the best general farming soil 

 of the series. Grain and forage crops do well upon it and stock rais 



