Miscellaneous Soils. 123 



agriculture. Corn and wheat the chief crops. Yield of corn 25 

 bushels, and of wheat 18 bushels per acre. 



1-234 



Soil (2) 4 35 42 19 



Subsoil (2) 5 30 45 20 



Acres. 

 Wichita, Kans 20, 416 



Volusia loam. — A brown or black loam, 6 to 10 inches deep, rest- 

 ing on a yellow silty loam containing shale fragments and having 

 a depth of 3 feet or more, in turn underlain by shale rock. The 

 surface is strewn with shale and slate fragments and occasional 

 erratic glacial bowlders. Occurs typically developed upon heavy 

 rolling uplands, but extends down into the foreland along the 

 lake. Derived from morainic material. Crops: Wheat, corn, and 

 at lower elevations, grapes. 



1 2 3 4 



Soil (5) 5 20 46 27 



Subsoil (5) 11 22 40 25 



Acres. 



Ashtabula, Ohio 173,440 



Westfield, N. Y 10,030 



Elmwood loam. — {See description under soils associated tcith Norfolk series.) 

 Warners loam. — The soil consists of 10 inches of mellow brown 

 loam, containing many calcareous nodules and a considerable pro- 

 portion of marl, resting on a subsoil of white or gray marl. Silty 

 in character and of soft, unctuous feel, containing thin layers of 

 muck at various depths. Fairly good crops of corn and grass. 



Acres. 

 Syracuse, N. Y 128 



Jackson loam. — Light loam with an average depth of 14 inches, 

 grading into a mottled sandy clay or clay subsoil. Occurs as sec- 

 ond bottom, with a gently rolling surface. Is an alluvial soil. 

 Produces about 15 bushels of wheat and from 25 to 40 bushels of 

 corn per acre. Onions give large yields. Well adapted to light 

 farm crops and to truck, wrapper tobacco, and peaches. 



12 3 4 



Soil (2) 1 38 50 12 



• Subsoil (2)'. 2 41 44 14 " 



Acres. 

 Shelby County, Mo 2, 304 



