74 Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains Soils. 



sand when streams were at higher levels. Used principally for 



pasturage, but adapted to wheat, corn, oats, cotton, and other 



farm crops. 



1 2 3 4 



Soil (2) 1 38 54 7 



Subsoil (2) 1 37 53 9 



Acres. 

 Vernon, Tex 5,248 



Vernon loam. — Surface soil is a fine-grained, reddish-brown to 

 dark-brown loam, 12 inches deep, mellow and friable and easily- 

 worked. The subsoil is a light reddish-brown loam, heavier in 

 texture than the soil. At from 3 to 6 feet it is underlain by red 

 clay. Occupies level and slightly rolling areas of the prairie up- 

 land, is fairly well drained, and is derived from the weathering 

 of material forming the Permian red beds. Corn, wheat, oats, 

 Kafir corn, and sorghum are the principal crops. 



12 3 4 



Soil (3) 2 26 60 12 



Subsoil (3) 3 23 59 11 



Acres. 

 Vernon, Tex 59, 392 



Vernon silt loam. — A silt loam about 10 inches deep, underlain 

 by a loose, yellow sand. Occurs upon river flats, usually near 

 bluff line. Poorly drained. Formed by deposits from river. At 

 present used only for pasturage and of little agricultural value. 



12 3 4 



Soil (2) 1 32 56 11 



Subsoil (2) 3 38 47 ' 12 



Acres. 

 Vernon, Tex 2, 880 



Vernon clay. — A red clay to heavy clay loam about 9 inches 



deep, in some localities containing a small percentage of rounded 



quartz gravel. The subsoil is a i leavy, sticky, red clay. It often 



contains water worn gravel from b to 4 inches in diameter. Derived 



from the Permian red beds, and is the underlying basal clay of 



the Vernon loam. Principally used for pasture. 



12 8 4 



Soil (2) 2 25 59 15 



Subsoil (2) 2 19 61 18 



Acres. 

 Vernon, Tex 22, 592 



