78 Flood Plains of the Mississijyj^i River. 



well drained is also well adapted to cotton, which, however, has 



been very little jrrown. 



12 3 4 



Soil (3) 2 10 63 25 



Subsoil (3) 2 7 60 31 



Acres. 

 Acadia Parish, La 244,160 



Morse clay. — Soil is a heavy silt or clay loam, 6 to 8 inches 

 deep, underlain by a heavy mottled clay, both soil and subsoil 

 being quite calcareous. Occurs along stream courses, and has 

 generally good drainage. Very unimportant soil, difficult to till, 

 and little under cultivation. Adapted to rice where irrigation is 

 possible, and in the well-drained areas is fairly adapted to corn 

 and cotton. 



12 3 4 



Soil (1) 3 5 52 41 



Subsoil (1) 1 4 11 54 



Acres. 

 Acadia Parish, La 1, 664 



SOILS OF THE FLOOD PLAINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI KIVEU AND ITS 



LARGER TRIBUTARIES. 



A separate place has been given to the extensive characteristic 

 soils encountered in the Mississippi flood plains. While the soils 

 are typical of the Mississippi Valley they have also been found 

 along some of the tributary rivers. There is no sharp distinction, 

 however, between these or other bottom soils found along the 

 rivers of the Middle "West. The principal types are comprised in 

 the Yazoo series. 



YAZOO SERIES. 



Yazoo sandy loam. — Fine to very fine yellow sand, to 6 inches; 

 ])rown loamy sand, 6 to 12 inches; fine yellow sand, 12 to 40 

 inches; or, near the margins of areas, underlain liy waxy clay 

 below 12 inches. Occupies low, flat ridges, forming front lands 

 near stream courses in river deltas. Chief product is cotton, ]>nt 

 soil is suited to truck and market-garden crops. Corn and truck 

 in northern areas. 



12 3 4 



Soil (22) 3 42 50 8 



Subsoil (22) 2 2S 56 14 



