GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS 45 



The soils of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal provinces, 

 formed as vast outwash plains, are very diversified, due 

 to source of material, age, and climatic conditions. They 

 comprise a sufficient range in texture and climate to 

 support a highly varied agriculture. There are great 

 tracts of general farming land, besides wide areas of 

 special-purpose soils adapted to highly specialized in- 

 dustries. The latter soils require refined and intensive 

 methods of cultivation. Predominantly sandy, these 

 soils are easy to cultivate, and they are well drained 

 except in the lower coastal plain belt. Good aeration is 

 usually found because of their open structural condition. 

 Severe leaching occurs in times of heavy rainfall, for the 

 same reason. When sufficiently supplied with organic 

 matter, carefully fertilized, and cultivated properly, 

 these soils support a great variety of crops, such as cotton, 

 corn, oats, forage crops, and peanuts, besides vegetables 

 and fruits of many varieties. 



