To Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains Soils, 



Orangeburg sandy loam. — A coarse to medium red or dark-brown 

 eand, generally loose and incoherent, from 4 to 15 inches in depth, 

 resting on a red sandy clay, usually containing small gravel and 

 iron concretions. Rolling to level upland areas, especially upland 

 ridges and slopes. Adapted to general farming, giving good yields 

 of cotton, corn, and rather small yields of Avheat and oats. In 

 South Carolina, adapted to the bright yellow tobacco; in Florida 

 and Texas, to the cigar wrapper and filler leaf. This is the prin- 

 cipal peach soil of the Fort Valley area, Georgia. 



12 3 4 



Soil (15) 22 51 16 11 



Subsoil (15) 15 37 15 33 



Acres. 



Darlington, S. C «6,592 



Fort Valley, Ga 24, 896 



Gadsden, Fla 37, 248 



McNeill, Miss 7, 296 



Acres. 



Paris, Tex 12, 224 



Perry County, Ala &82, 752 



Woodville, Tex 1, 152 



Orangeburg fine sandy loam. — A fine gray or brown sand from 4 



to 15 inches deep, overlying a red sandy clay. Occupies level and 



rolling to hilly areas in uplands and has good drainage. Well 



adapted to cotton, gives fair yields of corn, and particularly well 



adapted to truck crops and peaches. 



12 3 4 



Soil (18) 6 63 23 8 



Subsoil (18) 4 43 20 34 



Acres. 



Jacksonville, Tex 18,752 



Lnfkin, Tex 6,400 



Miller County, Ark 224, 640 



Mobile, Ala 26, 880 



Acres. 



Nacogdoches, Tex 16, 320 



Ouachita Parish, La 172, 800 



Paris, Tex 69,184 



Orangeburg loam. '' 



Orangeburg silt loam. — A l)rown, red, or chocolate loam contain- 

 ing a high percentage of silt, from 6 to 20 inches deep, underlain 

 by the same material somewhat heavier to a depth of 36 inches, 



"Mapped as Orangeburg loam, but the surface soil is too coarse, loose, and 

 incoherent for the true Orangeburg loam. 



''Ma[)ped as Orangeburg clay. The surface^oil is too deep for true Orange- 

 burg clay. 



cThe typical Orangeburg loam has not yet been found. The soil mapped 

 under this name in Darlington County, S. C, in 1902, has been correlated with 

 the Orangeburg sandy loam. 



