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MIAMI SERIES. 



The Miami series is composed of light-colored glacial material, 

 occurring on the rolling or level uplands, or in the alluvial bot- 

 toms or terraces along the streams in the glaciated area. 



Miami stony loam. — Ten inches of silty loam, underlain by heavy 

 red clay, slightly silty, to a depth of 30 inches, in turn underlain 

 b}^ beds of consolidated gravel. From 20 to 60 per cent of 

 rounded and angular stones on the surface, and mixed with both 

 soil and subsoil. Stones vary from 1 to 8 inches in diameter. 

 Surface generally consists of large rounded hills and table-lands, 

 and of gently rolling lands at lower levels. Chiefly derived from 

 morainic material. Soil is very productive. Good crops of corn, 

 wheat, grass, oats, and fruit, ]>articularly apples, are grown. This 

 type al.so affords excellent pasture. 



1 2 3 4 



Soil (10) 11! 26 46 16 



Subsoil (11) 18 26 39 17 



Acres. 



Allegan County, Mich « 76, 790 



Long Island, N. Y 52, 032 



Acres. 



Lyons, N. Y 158, 400 



Syracuse, N. Y 78, 464 



Miami gravel. — A medium grade sandy loam to 12 inches deep, 

 containing 50 per cent of gravel from one-half inch to 2 inches in 

 diameter. Has a subsoil of cross-bedded sand and gravel, the lat- 

 ter coated with calcium carbonate. Occurs only in small areas and 

 is the outcrop of reworked glacial gravels in river cliffs. For the 

 most part uncultivated. Adapted to the growth of grapes and 

 peaches. Slight value for general farming. 



12 3 4 



Soil (2) .28 34 32 7 



Subsoil (2) 33 30 27 11 



Acres i Acres, 



.Tanesville, Wis '- 9, 924 



Winnebago County, 111 5, 184 



Tazewell County, 111 & 1, 088 Pontiac, Mich c 6, 912 



Miami gravell loam. — Brown or reddish loam, 12 inches deep, 

 with 15 to 30 r)r j-nt of rounded gravel, underlain to a depth of 

 24 inches by a s: i, tenacious clay loam, which is in turn under- 



" Mapped as Allegan stony loam, which name will not be used hereafter. 



& Mapped as Mackinaw gravel, which name will not be used hereafter. 



f Mapped as Allegan gravelly loam, which name will not hereafter be used. 



