52 Atlantic mid Gulf Coastal Plains Soils. 



and easier to cultivate than the Galveston clay. It is adapted to 

 the same crops as the latter soil, and on account of the easier cul- 

 tivation and the less compact nature of the material is rather more 

 desirable as an agricultural soil. Very small areas have been 

 reclaimed in this countrv. 



3 



29 



4 



18 



Soil(l) 28 2y 



Acres. 

 Long Island, N. Y 16, 448 



Galveston clay. — Soil varies from a drab or yellow to black clay 

 and rests on a subsoil of still heavier clay. Both soil and subsoil 

 usually contain calcareous nodules. Country very level, flat. 

 Drainage poor, representing the type of salt marsh extensively 

 developed along the sea coasts. Vegetation almost entirely salt 

 grass, affording a rather poor pasturage. Areas require to be diked 

 and drained before reclamation is possiljle, and when so reclaimed 

 and the excess of salt removed they make exceedingly productive 

 soils, especially for corn, cabbage, onions, rice, and hay crops. 



Soil (10) 9 



Subsoil (8) 8 



Acres. 



Brazoria, Tex 31, 168 



Dover, Del 30, 784 



Long Island, N. Y 36, 352 



Los Angeles, Cal 4, 800 



Acres. 



New Orleans, La 5, 504 



San Jose, Cal 26, 048 



Worcester County, Md 23, 936 



Norfolk; series. 



This series consists of light-colored sands and loams, and com- 

 prises the most important truck soils of the Atlantic and Gulf 

 coasts. 



Norfolk gravel." — Hills and narrow bands of gravel. The soil is 

 gray loam about 12 inches deep, containing 30 to 60 per cent of 

 rounded white quartz gravel. The subsoil varies, but is usually 

 clay or gravel beds. Formed from denudation of gravel layers 

 deposited as shallow- water sediment or as river wash or delta. It 



('Mapped as Su.siiuehanna gravel. Tliis name, however, will be used only in 

 Maryland in the future. 



