64 Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains Soils. 



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Soil (2) 11 49 23 IS 



Subsoil (2) 10 35 26 26 



Acres. 

 Mobile, Ala 896 



Suffield clay. — Clay loam, 12 inches deep, underlain by close- 

 textured laminated clay. Lacustrine deposit. Very poorly 

 drained. Level areas in Connecticut Valley. On account of 

 poorly drained condition and close structure, it is not adapted at 

 present to any agricultural purposes, although used to some extent 

 for pasturage. 



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Soil (1) f. 40 30 23 



Subsoil (3) 1 11 53 32 



Acres. 

 Connecticut Valley, Connecti- 

 cut-Massachusetts 10, 240 



Susquehanna clay. — Clay loam, 6 inches deep, containing gravel, 

 overlying stiff, tenacious red or white pipeclay. Hills and rolling 

 land on the western border of Coastal Plain region, ^Maryland and 

 adjoining States. The type is very refractory, hard to cultivate, 

 and has at present little or no agricultural value. 



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Soil (7) 8 18 37 34 



Subsoil (5) 3 14 29 51 



Acres. 



Cecil County, Md 11, 000 



Harford County, Md 4, 890 



Prince George County, Md 22, 360 



Elkton clay. — Brown l(jam, 9 inches deep. Subsoil is heavy 



mottled yellow and gray clay loam, containing some silt. It is of 



a dry nature, rather than plastic. Flat areas occurring in lowest 



Columbia terrace in Cecil and Kent counties, ]Md., and in similar 



positions in other areas in Atlantic Coastal riain. Kecognized as 



good land for general farming purposes when well drained. Fre- 



(juently needs artificial drainage. 



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Soil (15 j 5 17 5,s 18 



Subsoil (15) 3 If. 55 25 



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