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fairly good agricultural soil, yielding medium crops of wheat and 

 oats, and from 20 to 40 bushels of corn. Sugar beets are grown, 

 7 to 10 tons per acre being secured. Irish potatoes and alfalfa give 

 good returns, and the soil seems best adapted to these products, 

 and probably could be used to advantage for truck. Some wild 

 hay is harvested from the wetter areas, the yield ranging from 

 one-half to three-fourths ton per acre. 



12 3 4 



Soil (1) 4 70 16 9 



Subsoil (1) 5 69 19 6 



Acres. 

 Stanton, Nebr 22, 144 



Arkansas loam. — This type consists of a very dark brown loam, 

 fine grained and mellow, about 10 inches in depth. In poorly 

 drained spots it is inclined to be somewhat heavy and sticky, while 

 in areas where it lies in close proximity to the dunes of the Arkan- 

 sas River it is frequently modified by wind-blown sand and has 

 somewhat of the nature of a sandy loam. The subsoil is composed 

 of a grayish-brown mixture of clay and silt, resting on interstrati- 

 fied layers of sand, medium to fine in texture, and clay. The latter 

 is somewhat calcareous, or contains small concretions of lime. The 

 soil is alluvial in origin, and the surface is flat. It is elevated from 

 6 to 15 feet above the streams, and a part of it is subject to almost 

 annual inundation. Nearly all the ordinary farm crops are grown. 

 The soil is particularly well adapted to alfalfa. Potatoes and other 

 vegetables do well. Grapes and other fruits are grown with profit. 



12 3 4 



Soil (3) 4 29 54 13 



Subsoil (2) 3 21 50 26 



Acres. 

 Wichita, Kans 45, 568 



Lintonia loam. — Brown silty loam, to 9 inches; yellow silt, 9 



to 36 inches, underlain by drab clay at a depth of 3 or 4 feet. 



Slope in front of bluff. Rarely inundated, but subject to addition 



of material from bluff during winter rains. Cotton produces well. 



Adapted also to market gardening and fruit culture. In northern 



areas good yields of corn, wheat, oats, hay, and potatoes. 



12 3 4 



Soil (10) 2 16 71 11 



Subsoil (8) 3 14 69 14 



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