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lit 



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pasture, but when artificially drained it V)ecomes mellow and i)ro- 



duces quite a wide range of crops. 



12 3 4 



Soil (3) 6 11 52 24 



Subsoil (3) 5 7 38 48 



Acres. 



Lebanan, Pa 3, 920 



Loekhaven, Pa 1,981 



Murrill clay loam. — Yellowish-brown clay loam, 10 inches deep, 

 overlying yellow clay loam, increasing in clay content in lower 

 depths. Both soil and subsoil often contain small fragments of 

 shale and chert. Derived from weathering of shales and cherty 

 limestone. Rolling valley lands. Fertile soil; produces good 

 crops of wheat, corn, grass, dark manufacturing tobacco, and 

 apples. 



I '1 3 4 



Soil (3) 13 15 42 27 



Subsoil (3) 12 11 30 43 



Acres. 

 Bedford, Va 15, 720 



Conestoga clay. — A yellowish to dark-brown cla}" loam, about 7 

 inches deep, underlain by a yellow to reddish-yellow tenacious 

 clay, usually not exceeding a depth of 24 inches. On ridges the 

 rock is usually found at an average depth of 10 inches. Occuj^ies 

 the lower and gently rolling portions of the valleys. Higher 

 areas well drained. Of residual origin from limestone schist. 

 Wheat and grass princij^al crops. 



1 2 3 4 



Soil (4) 9 7 43 41 



Subsoil (3) 7 5 37 51 



Acres. 

 Albemarle, Va 16, 960 



FORT PAYNE SERIES. 



Fort Payne stony loam. — The surface soil is a gray to light-brown 

 silty loam, 10 to 14 inches deep, containing a high percentage of 

 chert. The subsoil — a"much heavier yellowish-red loam or clay — 

 also contains quantities of chert fragments. The surface is strewn 

 with from 30 to 50 per cent of the same rock fragments. Occupies 



