Ilagerstoimi Series. 



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Hagersv,own sandy loam. — A fine sandy loam, about 12 inches 

 deep, of a gray to yellowish or light-brown color. Subsoil a 

 yellowish-red clay, grading into a stiff red clay. Occupies some 

 of the higher ridges of the valley. Good drainage. Of residual 

 and colluvial origin from limestone debris. Wheat, corn, and 

 grass are grown. Adapted to fruit, particularly peaches. 



Soil (10) .15 



Subsoil (10) 8 



Acres. 



Albemarle, Va 65, 504 



Bedford, Va '^( 11, 910 



Huntsville, Ala 8, 064 



Acres, 



Leesburg, Va 1, 216 



Pikeville, Tenn 5, 760 



Hagerstown loam. — Brown or yellow loam 12 inches deep, yel- 

 low clay loam to 24 inches, underlain by stiff, tenacious red clay. 

 Rolling valley land and uplands. Derived from weathering of 

 pure massive limestone. Typical corn land of central Pennsyl- 

 vania, Maryland, and the Shenandoah Valley, of Virginia. One 

 of the best types of general farming lands in the Eastern States. 

 Produces corn, tobacco, wheat, and grass. 



Soil (29) 6 



Subsoil (29) 6 



Acres. 



Albemarle, Va 30, 784 



Bedford, Va 40, 520 



Davidson County, Tenn 123, 264 



Fort Payne, Ala 21, 632 



Huntsville, Ala 138, 944 



Lancaster Countv, Pa 45, 000 



Acres. 



Lebanon, Pa 93,110 



Leesburg, Va 4, 864 



Mason County, Ky 24, 284 



Pikeville, Tenn 20, .352 



Scott County, Ky 76, 800 



Hagerstown silt loam, — The soil is a yellowish-gray silty loam 

 from 8 to 10 inches deep, resting on a stratum of yellow clay loam 

 from 6 to 12 inches thick, which is in turn underlain by a yellow 

 clay. At a depth of 3 to 10 feet a stiff red clay is found. Through- 

 out the soil and subsoil, over probably 50 per cent of the area, 

 occur varying proportions of gravel and small fragments of chert 

 and cherty limestone, Tn its virgin condition the soil has a greasy 

 feel and is quite loamy, but after cultivation the texture becomes 



"Mapped asMurrill sandy loam, -which name will not be used hereafter. 

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