Miscellaneous Soils. 



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Acres. Acres. 



Brazoria, Tex 31,872 St. Clair County, 111 12,800 



Clay County, 111 1,344 Smedes, Miss 8,512 



Clinton County, 111 2,176 Tazewell County, 111 128 



New Orleans, La 41, 600 Yazoo, Miss 26, 670 



Posey County, Ind 2, 752 



Yazoo loam. — Yellow or brown loam or silt loam, to 6 inches; 

 drab clay or fine compact sandy loam, 6 to 40 inches. Low ridges 

 in river deltas. Represents higher lying areas of fine sediment 

 deposited by innndations. Strong cotton soil, producing 1 bale 

 per acre. In northern areas adapted to corn and wheat. 



1 -2 3 



Soil (13) 2 20 62 



Subsoil (12) 2 16 59 



Acres. 



4 

 15 



99 



Clay County, 111 1, 472 



New Orleans, La 18, 112 



Parsons, Kans 28, 352 



Posey County, Ind 8, 320 



Acres. 



St. Clair County, 111 4, 160 



Smedes, Miss 20, 288 



Yazoo, Miss 16, 080 



Yazoo clay. — Heavy drab clay loam 5 inches deep, which sun 

 cracks to a state closely resembling "buckshot land;" subsoil drab 

 clay 5 to 40 inches, usually underlain by sand below 5 or 6 feet. 

 Low areas to rear of front lands and higher ridges in open forest 

 lands in river deltas. L^sually would be improved by drainage. 

 Northern areas corn; southern areas finest cotton soil, yielding 

 from IJ to 1| bales per acre. 



12 3 4 



Soil (25) 2 10 55 33 



Subsoil (25) 2 10 53 35 



Acres. 



Brazoria, Tex 9, 152 



Clinton County, 111 5, 376 



.Tohnson County, 111 1, 664 



New Orleans, La 18, 368 



Parsons, Kans 68, 544 



Posey County, Ind 30, 720 



Acres. 



St. Clair County, 111 26, 994 



Smedes, Miss 37, 760 



Tazewell County, 111 13, 696 



Union County, Ky 24,448 



Yazoo, Miss 45, 080 



MISCELL.\XEOUS SOILS OF THE FLOOD PLAINS OF THE MISSISSIPPI 

 RIVER AND ITS LARGER TRIBUTARIES. 



Miller fine sand. — A fine to very fine salmon-colored sand, 6 to 

 12 inches in depth, and frequently quite loamy from the presence 

 of organic matter. The subsoil consists of 6 inches of loamv sand 



